Capo
2
Rate for accuracy
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Tempo: 4|4
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
Chords:
EADGBe
C X32010
Em 022000
Bm X24432
D XX0232
G 320003
Intro:
Riff #1: Lead Over
e||ββββββββββ-β-ββ-β9^10^9βββ9^10^9-β-|-9^10^9βββ-9^10^9βββββββββ-β-ββ-ββββ|
B||ββββββ-ββ11^9^11ββββ-ββ10ββββ-ββ10-|ββββ-ββ10ββββββββ10ββββ-ββββ11^9^11β|
G||β11^9^11βββββ-ββββββββ-ββββββββββββ|ββββββββββββββ-βββββ11^9^11ββββ-ββββ|
D||ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-β-ββ|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ|
A||βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-β-βββ|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ|
E||βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ-β|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ|
C Em C Em
Bm Em G C
D Bm C D
Bm G C Bm
C Em
Verse 1:
Em D Em
Meet me by the coppice stool,
D Em
Before the night takes back its jewels.
D Em
Bring your life of memo-ries,
D Em
Be-fore they sink into the seas.
Chorus 1:
G
Snakes,
C Em
Are coming to your town.
D C
In tun-nels under-ground,
D C
Some travelling over-ground.
D G
A plague for our mis-takes,
C Em
They'll be right next to you.
D C
Snakes, up again-st me too,
D C
There'll be nothing to do.
D C Em
When the rat-tle sha-kes.
Instrumental 1: Bridge:
D Em D Em D Em D Em
D Em D Em D Em D Em
Verse 2:
Em D Em
One more glass and then we're dry,
D Em
Say some words, I'll write them down.
D Em
Feel the coup-lets deep inside.
Chorus 2:
G
Snakes,
C Em
Are coming to your town.
D C
In tun-nels under-ground,
D C
Some travelling over-ground.
D G
A plague for our mis-takes,
C Em
They'll be right next to you.
D C
Snakes, up again-st me too,
D C
There'll be nothing to do.
D C Em
When the rat-tle sha-kes.
Instrumental 2: Coda:(Discordant lead over)
D Bm G C D Bm G C
D Bm G C D Em Em Em (Fade Out)
Riff #1(Repeat): Lead Over
e||ββββββββββ-β-ββ-β9^10^9βββ9^10^9-β-|-9^10^9βββ-9^10^9βββββββββ-β-ββ-ββββ||
B||ββββββ-ββ11^9^11ββββ-ββ10ββββ-ββ10-|βββββ-β10ββββββββ10ββββ-ββββ11^9^11β||
G||β11^9^11βββββ-ββββββββ-ββββββββββββ|ββββββββββββββ-βββββ11^9^11ββββ-ββββ||
D||ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-β-ββ|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ||
A||βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-β-βββ|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ||
E||βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ-β|ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ-βββ||
End:
NOTES.
1. ββ¦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."β¦β
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Last Updated: February 11, 2026