Snake Song chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

Snake Song - Townes Van Zandt
Time: 4/4
Tuning: Drop D MajorD

*Note: THIS SONG IS IN DROP D MajorD TUNING. Townes plays a combination of hammer-on's with the bass notes
 throughout the song similar to the intro.*

[INTRO]

 DmDm
e|-------1-|---------1-|--------------------*|
BB|-------3-|---------3-|--------------------*|
G+G|-2-----2-|---------2-|-0h2----------------*|
D MajorD|-0-3-0-0-|-0h3---0-0-|-----3-0------------*|
A augmentedA|---------|-----3-----|---------3-0--------*|
D MajorD|---------|-----------|-------------3-0----*|

[VERSE]

DmDm
You can't hold me, I'm too slippery

I do no sleepin', I get lonely
A minorAm              DmDm
You can touch me, if you want to
DmDm
I got poison, I just might bite you

[VERSE]

DmDm
Lie in circles, on the sunlight
A minorAm               DmDm
Shine like diamonds, on a dark night
A minorAm            DmDm
Ain't no mercy, in my smilin'
DmDm
Only fangs and, sweet beguiling

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[VERSE]

DmDm
Future, he don't, try to find me
A minorAm                DmDm
Skin I been through, dies behind me
A minorAm             DmDm
Solid hollow, wrapped in hatred
DmDm
Not a drop of, venom wasted

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[VERSE]

DmDm
You can slip in, try to find me

Hold your breath and, flat deny me
A minorAm                DmDm
It makes no difference, to my thinkin'
DmDm