Mark Knopfler - Gator Blood (Second Version) Chords and Tabs

Mark Knopfler - Gator Blood Second Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Mark Knopfler. Other chords and tabs for the "Gator Blood" can find at the bottom of the page.

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I didn't include every little thing, but it should be easy to figure out with the parts
I've put here.

Tuning:Open G - DBDBGD - Capo 3rd fret

First time
D|----3---5---------------------3---5----------------|
B|-/3---3-------3/1----------/3---3------------------|
G|-------------------3-0----------------3P0-------0--|
D|------------------------------------------3P0H3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|

Second time
D|----3---5---------------------3---5----------------|
B|-/3---3-------3/1----------/3---3------------------|
G|-------------------3-0----------------3P0----------|
D|------------------------------------------3P0-0----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
Riff1        Riff2                   Riff 3

Rhythm Parts
D|---------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----0--0--0----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--3--0----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----0--0--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--------------------------------0-000000-3br0-0-0------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-verse       During verse     "Swallowed all the
Repeat it       Before fills      fishes in the frying pan"

^ ^ ^ v ^ v          C
D|----3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------1-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------0----------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~~---------|
D|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Blood...."          "Gator Blood"                  "I got gator blood"
Play is a couple of times      After this go into the pre-verse

Hammer on a skillet(Riff 1) up they come(Riff 2)
Showman whanging(Riff 1) on a ballyhoo drum(Riff 3)
Watch out(Riff 1), people I'm a greedy man(Riff 2)
Swallowed all the fishes in the frying pan
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood

Chicken on a hotplate gobbledegook
Come on up, honey and take a look
Mighty fine weather this time of year
Shake a tail feather you chicken you hear
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood
(Do intro part two here)

Chicken on a hotplate it's gonna dance
Gonna lose these chickens my first chance
Don't you know I'm a flim flam man
A chicken show it ain't worth a damn
Gator blood, I got gator blood

Solo(Played with a slide)
D|--13/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-X3-----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------THEN------------3BSLOW---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I got a country boy, he's a bird who sings
Butter paddle, buck 'n wing
Kid's got a winner bonafide hit
I'm gonna have my dinner on a spit
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood

Hoopla, humbug, howdy-do
Gonna make you into chicken stew
Alligator in the mud
Don't you know I got gator blood
Gator blood, I got gator blood
(Solo again)

Never lend a dollar to your good friend Tom
Hogwash Holler is where he's from
If you got treasure all in a vault
And he gets you, baby that's your own fault
Gator blood, I got gator blood

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| /   slide up
|    slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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