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
