Snake Hill chords by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band

Chords with lyrics

G+G
I was born on Snake Hill
       C majorC
And that's where I'll probably die
        G+G
Cuz I don't like to kill
           E minorEm
But I've got poison in my bite
     B minorBm
Well, I feel safe to say
   C majorC                                  G+G
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
  G+G                              C majorC
My mother told me, "Son, you've got strychnine in your blood
   G+G                         D MajorD
It comes from pedigree ancestry"
   A minorAm
She warned me not to leave
      C majorC
Said my concience was too deep
       G+G
That when I bite
     D MajorD             G+G
It would hurt mostly me
 G+G
For many many years
   C majorC
I stayed up on that hill
  G+G                           D MajorD
Occasionally I'd go down to the edge
  E minorEm
To see what I could see
    C majorC                     G+G
So curiosity got the best of me

C majorC                   G+G
Its a big world and it's not fair to me
      C majorC                     G+G
To have to stay when there's so much to see
         C majorC              G+G              D MajorD
I want to play with others that I need to meet
 A minorAm       C majorC         G+G
Poison will be poison until it's through

G+G
Soon I hit the world
    C majorC
I discovered that a girl
    G+G                                D MajorD
Was what my mother tried to hide from me
          G+G
She could make you feel alive
          C majorC
She could make you want to die
         G+G       D MajorD             G+G
And that's exactly what she did to me

G+G
And it was only self defence
      C majorC
And I coiled up and I bit
  G+G                       E minorEm
I let my venom run into her veins
      B minorBm                   C majorC
And I sat and watched her die to me
      G+G
Then I realized
     G+G
I was born on Snake Hill
         C majorC
And that's where I'll probably die
    G+G
Cuz I don't like to kill
          E minorEm
But I've got poison in my bite
     B minorBm
Well, I feel safe to say
    C majorC                                G+G
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
        C majorC                   G+G
And it's a big world and it's not fair to me
          C majorC                  G+G
To have to stay when there's so much to see
        C majorC                   G+G          D MajorD
I want to play with others that I need to meet

A minorAm          C majorC             G+G
And poison will be poison until it's through
 A minorAm          C majorC             G+G
Poison will be poison until it's through
 A minorAm          C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
Poison will be poison until it's through
 A minorAm          C majorC             G+G
Poison will be poison until it's through