Nicole Dollanganger - Alligator blood

^A[Ve^Erse 1] ^{E A A}Drinking a cup of a^Elligator blood ^ETastes like the heads and ^Afeet we'd see ^AFor sale at the local pawn W^Ee'd make necklaces out of ^A I'd wear them ^A'round my neck I'm a ^Esucker for the love of the^E flesh All things rancid and ^Adelicate But the ^Asmell in the summer ^Eheat ^EIt still gets to me^A

^F#Knee-deep in the p^G#oacher's dream He ^Bdragged that thing out b^Eack and he ^F#Hung it upside down, slit its b^G#elly open And ^Elet it bleed out ^E And he held ^F#my head and made^G# me watch He filled^A my mouth up with its^G# blood and said ^C#m"Grow up ^Bweak or^E grow up ^Atough"

Playin^Ag in the swamp of^E alligator blood ^EBehind our house in the ^Amarshy lawn He'd always hold my^E head Under the^E water a little too^A long 'Cause he wanted me to be al^El guts, no glory "^EAll survivor, no guilt,^A" he said But h^Ae calls me his crocodile^E tears W^Ehile I'm chained up to the b^Aed

^F#Knee-deep in the p^G#oacher's dream He ^Bdragged that thing out b^Eack and he ^F#Hung it upside down, slit its b^G#elly open And ^Elet it bleed out ^E And he held ^F#my head and made^G# me watch He filled^A my mouth up with its^G# blood and said ^C#m"Grow up ^Bweak or^E grow up ^Atough"

^AWhen I was ^Edone Wiped my ^Emouth on his ^Asleeve I ^Afucked the soul of the south ^Ebut it cru^Amcif^Aied me