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