Verse 1:

[C]Alligators snap at your ankles

And [F]branches snap at your [G]brain

If I [C]ever get through this swamp alive

I'll [F]nevermore pray for [G]rain

[C]This must be the place, and still

Some[F]how it don't seem [G]right

That [C]something in the moon could change

These [F]endless days to [G]lonely nights

Verse 2:

[C]I take a stroll down by the sea

And [F]walk along the [G]pier

[C]Then I slip and hit my head

[F]Now's the time to [G]fear

[C]See the surface, see the rocks

See my [F]past fly swiftly [G]by

I [C]feel the water in my lungs

And [F]wake up screaming [G]for my life

Chorus:

[C]In my blue heaven

There's a [F]bottle of Pontche[G]train

[C]Chalmette by moonlight

To [F]take away the [G]pain

[C]Card sharks and [G]blue harps

And [F]dolphins who [G]leap

[C]In my Blue Heaven

Where [F]I can laugh and [G]I can weep

Verse 3:

[C]Black shapes zip into corners

The [F]big lads start to [G]crawl

To [C]holes of their own making

In the [F]cracks within the [G]wall

[C]Snakes and rats and spiders

I [F]know that they're still [G]there

I [C]pray to God that I may sleep

With[F]out a hope, with[G]out a care

Chorus 2:

[C]In my blue heaven

There's a [F]bottle of Pontche[G]train

[C]Chalmette by moonlight

To [F]take away the [G]pain

[C]Felines and [G]sea lions

And [F]rain on the [G]beach

[C]In my Blue Heaven

With [F]angels who are [G]out of reach

Chorus 3:

[C]In my blue heaven

There's a [F]bottle of Pontche[G]train

[C]Chalmette by moonlight

To [F]take away the [G]pain

[C]Nightingales [G]sing and

The [F]bells they will [G]ring

[C]In my Blue Heaven

The [F]Bells of Hell go [G]ding-a-ling-a-ling