Chris Bathgate

Serpentine Chords

by Chris Bathgate

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Intro: e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------------| B|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8----10-8------------------| G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8--------------------------| B|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8--------------------------| G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1: F Bb My lungs stone and my days all serpentine Dm C The tight tightness in my chest rest and subsides F Bb In one dull dawn with a hum that split its length Dm C Does my name sting your tongue - now does it babe
Instrumental: F Bb Ah Ooo Dm C Ah Ooo F Bb Ah Ooo Dm C Ah Ooo Verse 2: F Bb Now your thin frame has set my eyes to fray Dm C On our dim stretch of this street, how it aches F Bb For every gray and sad - hemmed heart to coil Dm C And our frail eyes and their whites to finally toll Instrumental: F Bb Ah Ooo Dm C Ah Ooo F Bb Ah Ooo Dm C (Play this after each Ooo of trumpet's melody) Ah Ooo e|----------------------------| (Ooo Trumpet's Melody) B|----------------------------| F Am G|--2----2----2---22----------| Ooo D|----------------------------| F Am A|----------------------------| Ooo E|----------------------------| F Am Ooo F Am Ooo Verse 3: F Bb Now one brash phrase could crush this fragile day Dm C As my thoughts swirl in some shrill sad cannonade F Bb The one such spur - that caused my throat to creak Dm C The one dull dawn that I've sentenced to repeat e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|--2----2----2---22----------| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| e|-----5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------5-5-5---5--8-8-8----------------------| (About 4x) B|-----6------8---8----10-8------------6------8---8----10-8------------------| G|-----5----------9--------------------5----------9--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F Am Ooo F Am Ooo F Am Ooo F Am Ooo e|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|--2----2----2---22----------| D|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|

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Last Updated: January 2, 2018