Tom: E E A I saw you last night with that fella E C#m the up-to-date version of me E A He was smug as a lottery winner E B E You were warm as a reptile can be E A What a change from the last time I saw you E C#m With those tears running down if you please E A From sad to happy so quickly E B E That's one hundred and eighty degrees [Chorus] A E But crocodiles do it much better A B they're much more humane and forgiving E F#m Their victims are dead E/G# A in a minute it's said E B E While yours have to carry on living A E And those crocodile tears you've been shedding A B Some day they might come back to haunt you E F#m Oh, I bet you one day E/G# A you'll be sobbing away E 'cause you have to B E and not 'cause you want to E F#m E/G# A E B E [Verse 2] E A And the night that you said it was over E C#m I got a history lesson for free E A I thought it was you did the lying and cheating E B E It turns out it must have been me E A When the tears started flowing that clinched it E C#m I knew you'd be running away E to the arms of your new love - A poor devil, he gets you E B E for twenty four hours a day [Chorus] A E But crocodiles do it much better A B they're much more humane and forgiving E F#m Their victims are dead E/G# A in a minute it's said E B E While yours have to carry on living A E And those crocodile tears you've been shedding A B Some day they might come back to haunt you E F#m Oh, I bet you one day E/G# A you'll be sobbing away E 'cause you have to B E and not 'cause you want to E F#m E/G# A E B E [Verse 3] E A Well I hope he lives up to your standards E C#m Standards I could never keep E A I was always to quick on the trigger, you said E B E not to mention to dumb and to cheap E A And I see all your petty revenges E C#m The drama goes on, does it ever E A But that picture of us, in the nude, on the bus E B E To put it on Facebook was clever [Chorus] A E But crocodiles do it much better A B they're much more humane and forgiving E F#m Their victims are dead E/G# A in a minute it's said E B E While yours have to carry on living A E And those crocodile tears you've been shedding A B Some day they might come back to haunt you E F#m Oh, I bet you one day E/G# A you'll be sobbing away E 'cause you have to B E and not 'cause you want to E F#m Oh, I bet you one day E/G# A you'll be sobbing away E 'cause you have to B C#m E and not 'cause you want to E|-----| Final four lines from an older version (as seen on several YouTube videos): E A But watching you acting the victim E C#m Is like watching the news on tv E You can't stand to see A all the blood and the gore E B E yet you can't take your eyes off the screen