Crocodile shoes (1994)
Am - F - Am - F
C F
C
F
1. Wine, beer and spirits all
the time,
C G C
though I have you, still she's
always on my mind.
G C
The rain falls down I'm
soaking through
G C
I'm an old man inside a young
man's suit.
Am F
My crocodile shoes are crying,
too,
C G C
for they know how much love I
have for you.
Am C
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
Am G - F - G
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.
+ Am
C
F C F
2. Wine,
beer and spirits take me down,
C G
the lights are low and there's
no one else around.
C F
The waitress sure looks pretty
and that's a bad sign,
C
G
C
I smile at her, still you're
always on my mind.
Am C
With your crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
Am G - F
- G
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.
+ Am - C - Am - G - C
G C
+ I've lost so much in a short
time,
G C
don't see my kids, how I miss
my wife.
Am F
I let the world slip through
my hands
C G C
and now I'm talking to the
only friends I have.
Am C
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
Am G - F - G
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.
Am C - Am - G - F
+ They're crying, too,
G Am
- C Am - G -
F
They're crying, too, crocodile shoes.
G Am
- C Am -
G - F
They're crying, too, they're crying, too ....
(Jimmy Nail)