The Snake That Swallowed The Elephant chords by Tele Novella

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

B minorBm F# minorF#m E minorEm C majorC
B minorBm F# minorF#m E minorEm C majorC

♫ Verse 1:
B minorBm       F# minorF#m       E minorEm
 We were happy in our old gold town
E minorEm       C majorC       B minorBm
Hiding when the landlord came around
B minorBm      F# minorF#m        E minorEm
Our feet they never touched the ground
E minorEm        C majorC        B minorBm  A augmentedA G+G
Something out of nothing for our crown

♫ Chorus 1:
G+G    D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC            G+G
When you try to see beyond what's there you can't
G+G     C majorC         G+G       C majorC  F#F# B minorBm
You don't see the snake that swallowed the elephant

♫ Verse 2:
B minorBm      F# minorF#m       E minorEm
Our world was once one and the same
E minorEm       C majorC        B minorBm
Soon I came to see we'd go our ways
B minorBm   F# minorF#m         E minorEm
I never thought that I would find
E minorEm     C majorC          B minorBm
All of your desires were none of mine

♫ Interlude:
B minorBm F# minorF#m E minorEm C majorC
B minorBm F# minorF#m E minorEm C majorC
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G

♫ Pre-Chorus 1:
G+G    D MajorD  C# minorC#m   C majorC       G+G
We held onto what are silhouettes to you
G+G  C majorC        G+G     F#F#     G+G
In a window that you don't care to look through

♫ Chorus 2:
G+G    D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC            G+G
When you try to see beyond what's there you can't
G+G     C majorC         G+G       C majorC  F#F# E minorEm
You don't see the snake that swallowed the elephant

♫ Bridge:
     G+G         E minorEm
From the dust, a desperate call
E minorEm   D MajorD    A minorAm
Wishing to be anything at all
A minorAm   D MajorD      A minorAm
You can only stay a while
A minorAm    D MajorD       E minorEm
So you'd best remain a child
E minorEm    G+G       E minorEm
Does the blossom in the snow
E minorEm  D MajorD       A minorAm
Ever worry that it should've grown
A minorAm  D MajorD        A minorAm
To be something else instead
A minorAm    D MajorD   EbdimEbdim E minorEm
It's all in your head

♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
E minorEm   D MajorD  C# minorC#m    C majorC       G+G
We held onto what are silhouettes to you
G+G  C majorC        G+G     F#F#     G+G
In a window that you don't care to look through

♫ Chorus 3:
G+G    D MajorD   C# minorC#m C majorC           G+G
When you try to see beyond what's there you can't
G+G     C majorC         G+G       C majorC  F#F# E minorEm
You don't see the snake that swallowed the elephant