Typed out by Fritz Mayr/Guitar Player from Silent Cry
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                  GATOR COUNTRY (MOLLY HATCHET)


Intro:
  G                                                  
E-------I-----------------I---------I---------------I
B-------I-----------------I---------I---------------I
G-----0-I-----------------I----0----I---------------I
D-------I-3-2-0-----------I---------I-------2-------I
A-------I-------3-2-0-----I---------I-----0---2-0---I
E--s3---I-------------3-0-I-3-------I-0-1---------3-I

  Lead Guitar enters here
E---------------I------------I
B-----8---8--8--I-10b1-10b1--I
G-7h9---9-------I------------I
D---------------I------------I
A---------------I------------I
E---------------I------------I


E-10-7-7----------------I---------------I--------------------I
B--------10-10-8-10p8---I-8-------------I--------------------I
G---------------------9-I------9-7-9--7-I-9p7------9p7-------I
D-----------------------I---------------I-----9--------9-8-7-I
A-----------------------I---------------I-------10-----------I
E-----------------------I---------------I--------------------I

E-------------------I-----------------------17--I
B-------------------I-------------12----12--17--I
G-------------------I-12----12-14----14---------I
D--------------14---I----14---------------------I
A-10--7-----7-------I---------------------------I
E-------10----------I---------------------------I



         G                                                            
1.Verse: Well i´ve been to alabama people 
                                     F  C
         it ain´t a whole lot to see
         G                                                             
         skynyrd says it´s a real sweet home, 
                                      F C
         but it ain´t nothing to me
         G                                                               
         charlie daniels will tell you 
                                               F  C
         the good lord lives in tennessee, Ha!
         G                                                                      
         i´m going back to to the gator country 
                                           F  C
         where the wine and the women are free
         
         D               Dadd9               Cadd9      G5
Chorus:  there´s a gator in the bushes, he´s calling my name and saying
         D       Dadd9          Cadd9                 
         come on boy you better make it back home again
         D       Dadd9    D                             
         there´s many roads i´ve been traveled 
                      Cadd9           G5  
         but they all kind a look the same
         D               Dadd9                    Cadd9      F6/9
         there´s a gator in the bushes, lord he´s calling my name

         G                                                               
2.Verse: old richard betts will tell you, 
                                         F  C
         lord he was born a ramblin´ man
         G                                                             
         well, he can ramble on back to georgia 
                                  F  C
         and i won´t give a damn
         G                                                                
         elvin bishop out struttin´ his stuff 
                                      F  C
         little miss slick titty boom
         G                                                          
         i´m going back to the gator country 
                                 F  C
         to get some elbow room

         D               Dadd9               Cadd9      G5
Chorus:  there´s a gator in the bushes, he´s calling my name and saying
         D       Dadd9          Cadd9                 
         come on boy you better make it back home again
         D       Dadd9    D                             
         there´s many roads i´ve been traveled 
                      Cadd9           G5
         but they all kind a look the same
         D               Dadd9                    Cadd9      F6/9
         there´s a gator in the bushes, lord he´s calling my name

Guitar Solo: G5 I G5 I G5 I F C I G5 I G5 I G5 I F C I
             D5 I D5 I C5 I G5 I D5 I D5 I Cadd9 F6/9 I

         G                                                                   
3.Verse: there´s marshall tucker a ridin´a rainbow, 
                                     F  C
         searching for a pot of gold
         G                                                               
         well, they can take the highway baby, 
                                     F  C
         and take all they can hold
         G                                                            
         the outlaws down in tampa town, 
                                       F C
         yes a mighty fine place to be
         G                                                                            
         they got some green grass and they got high tides, 
                                      F C
         and it sure looks good to me

         D               Dadd9               Cadd9      G5
Chorus:  there´s a gator in the bushes, he´s calling my name and saying
         D       Dadd9          Cadd9                 
         come on boy you better make it back home again
         D       Dadd9    D                            
         there´s many roads i´ve been traveled 
                       Cadd9           G5
         but they all kind a look the same
         D               Dadd9                    Cadd9      F6/9
         there´s a gator in the bushes, lord he´s calling my name


(and then comes the final jam over the same progression)