Serpentine chords by Chris Bathgate

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------------|
BB|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8----10-8------------------|
G+G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8--------------------------|
BB|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8--------------------------|
G+G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

FF           Bb majorBb
My lungs stone and my days all serpentine
  DmDm          C majorC
The tight tightness in my chest rest and subsides
  FF          Bb majorBb
In one dull dawn with a hum that split its length
   DmDm            C majorC
Does my name sting your tongue - now does it babe

Instrumental:

  FF   Bb majorBb
Ah Ooo
  DmDm  C majorC
Ah Ooo
  FF   Bb majorBb
Ah Ooo
  DmDm  C majorC
Ah Ooo

Verse 2:

  FF          Bb majorBb
Now your thin frame has set my eyes to fray
  DmDm           C majorC
On our dim stretch of this street, how it aches
  FF         Bb majorBb
For every gray and sad - hemmed heart to coil
  DmDm            C majorC
And our frail eyes and their whites to finally toll

Instrumental:

  FF   Bb majorBb
Ah Ooo
  DmDm  C majorC
Ah Ooo
  FF   Bb majorBb
Ah Ooo
  DmDm  C majorC             (Play this after each Ooo of trumpet's melody)
Ah Ooo                   e|----------------------------|
(Ooo Trumpet's Melody)           BB|----------------------------|
FF  A minorAm                  G+G|--2----2----2---22----------|
 Ooo                   D MajorD|----------------------------|
FF  A minorAm                  A augmentedA|----------------------------|
 Ooo                   E MajorE|----------------------------|
FF  A minorAm
 Ooo
FF  A minorAm
 Ooo

Verse 3:

  FF           Bb majorBb
Now one brash phrase could crush this fragile day
  DmDm            C majorC
As my thoughts swirl in some shrill sad cannonade
  FF          Bb majorBb
The one such spur - that caused my throat to creak
  DmDm           C majorC
The one dull dawn that I've sentenced to repeat

e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|--2----2----2---22----------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------------|  (About 4x)
BB|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8----10-8------------------|
G+G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

FF  A minorAm
 Ooo
FF  A minorAm
 Ooo
FF  A minorAm
 Ooo
FF  A minorAm
 Ooo

e|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|--2----2----2---22----------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|