Snakes chords by The Pixies

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tempo:   4|4
Tuning:  Standard

Capo 2

Chords:
      EADGBe
C majorC     X32010
E minorEm     022000
B minorBm     X24432
D MajorD     XX0232
G+G     320003


Intro:
Riff #1: Lead Over
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BB||——————-——11^9^11————-——10————-——10-|————-——10————————10————-————11^9^11—|
G+G||—11^9^11—————-————————-————————————|——————————————-—————11^9^11————-————|
D MajorD||——————————————————————————————-—-——|————————————————————————————————-———|
A augmentedA||—————————————————————————————-—-———|————————————————————————————————-———|
E MajorE||—————————————————————————————-———-—|————————————————————————————————-———|

C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm
B minorBm E minorEm G+G C majorC

D MajorD B minorBm C majorC D MajorD
B minorBm G+G C majorC B minorBm

C majorC E minorEm

Verse 1:
 E minorEm     D MajorD        E minorEm
Meet me by the coppice stool,

      D MajorD           E minorEm
Before the night takes back its jewels.

      D MajorD       E minorEm
Bring your life of memo-ries,

       D MajorD        E minorEm
Be-fore they sink into the seas.


Chorus 1:
 G+G
Snakes,

 C majorC          E minorEm
Are coming to your town.

  D MajorD        C majorC
In tun-nels under-ground,

   D MajorD         C majorC
Some travelling over-ground.

 D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA plague for our mis-takes,

     C majorC         E minorEm
They'll be right next to you.

      D MajorD       C majorC
Snakes, up again-st me too,

     D MajorD      C majorC
There'll be nothing to do.

 D MajorD     C majorC     E minorEm
When the rat-tle sha-kes.

Instrumental 1: Bridge:
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm


Verse 2:
 E minorEm     D MajorD           E minorEm
One more glass and then we're dry,

     D MajorD            E minorEm
Say some words, I'll write them down.

     D MajorD        E minorEm
Feel the coup-lets deep inside.


Chorus 2:
 G+G
Snakes,

 C majorC          E minorEm
Are coming to your town.

  D MajorD        C majorC
In tun-nels under-ground,

   D MajorD         C majorC
Some travelling over-ground.

 D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA plague for our mis-takes,

     C majorC         E minorEm
They'll be right next to you.

      D MajorD       C majorC
Snakes, up again-st me too,

     D MajorD      C majorC
There'll be nothing to do.

 D MajorD     C majorC     E minorEm
When the rat-tle sha-kes.


Instrumental 2: Coda:(Discordant lead over)
D MajorD B minorBm G+G C majorC D MajorD B minorBm G+G C majorC
D MajorD B minorBm G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm Em E minorEm (Fade Out)

Riff #1(Repeat): Lead Over
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BB||——————-——11^9^11————-——10————-——10-|—————-—10————————10————-————11^9^11—||
G+G||—11^9^11—————-————————-————————————|——————————————-—————11^9^11————-————||
D MajorD||——————————————————————————————-—-——|————————————————————————————————-———||
A augmentedA||—————————————————————————————-—-———|————————————————————————————————-———||
E MajorE||—————————————————————————————-———-—|————————————————————————————————-———||


End:


NOTES.
1. “…The Pixies came up with this song in the studio whilst recording EP2. "I'm not a jammer,"
said guitarist Joey Santiago, "but Black Francis and I started jamming it out. I had this little idea
and I did that sliding guitar just to emulate a snake."…”
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=31879