See You Later Alligator Chords
by Bill Haley
See You Later Alligator by Bill Haley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
high-pitched voice): See you later, alligator!
D
Well, I saw my baby ...
G D
Yeah, I saw my baby walkin' ...
A7 D
When I asked her "What's the matter...
Chorus (same pattern as verses):
"See you later, alligator; ...
See you later, alligator; ...
Can't you see you're in my way now? ...
Verse 2:
When I pondered what she told me, ...
When I pondered what she told me, it ...
But the next time that I saw her ...
(Chorus)
(instrumental; same pattern as everything else)
Verse 3:
She said "I'm sorry, pretty daddy. You ..
She said "I'm sorry, pretty daddy. ...
Won't you say that you'll forgive me and ...
Verse 4:
I said "Wait a minute, gator; I know ...
I said "Wait a minute, gator; I ...
Don't you know you really hurt me, ...
(Chorus)
"See you later, alligator...
G A7 D
See you later, alligator; so ...