E                         B
Billy and his family went on a holiday 
                             E
They went down to Florida to laugh and dance and play 
A                           E
Bill went in for a swim , he didn't see the harm 
    B                            E
But when he came back out again, he was short an arm
        E                    B
 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
                     E
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp!
E                         B 
Billy and his father went out to play some catch
                                      E 
But Billy missed the pass because his arm was unattached 
    A                                  E
The ball flew past his shoulder and it rolled into the swamp 
     B                           E
When he went wading after it his leg became a stump 
                            B
'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
                     E
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives 
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! 
E                             B
Billy and his father joined a three-legged race 
                                E
They were tearing up the field, no one could keep the pace 
    A                                E
But Billy tripped and did a flip and landed in the muck 
B                               A
He was running out of limbs and also out of luck
                            B
'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
                     E
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives 
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! 
E                       B 
Billy was all dirty, he really had to wash 
                                       E
But he couldn't use a towel 'cause his limbs had been gnawed off 
A                         E
He went into the water to get all clean and bright 
    B                                 E
But when his bath was finished he was only half his height
                            B
'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
                     E
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives 
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! 
        E                            B
Billy's father rolled his wheelchair up upon a hill 
                            E
He wanted to put Bill where he would not get killed
       A                        E
But he left him on a slope, and into the swamp he rolled 
     B                                  E
They dragged out his head but there was nothing left below 
                            B
'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp!
                     E
Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! 
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives 
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp!  
A                   E
Passing the time by ending children's lives 
B                         E
Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp!