Snake Song Chords

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Snake Song - Townes Van Zandt Time: 4/4 Tuning: Drop D *Note: THIS SONG IS IN DROP D TUNING. Townes plays a combination of hammer-on's with the bass notes throughout the song similar to the intro.* [INTRO] Dm e|-------1-|---------1-|--------------------*| B|-------3-|---------3-|--------------------*| G|-2-----2-|---------2-|-0h2----------------*| D|-0-3-0-0-|-0h3---0-0-|-----3-0------------*| A|---------|-----3-----|---------3-0--------*| D|---------|-----------|-------------3-0----*|

[VERSE] Dm You can't hold me, I'm too slippery I do no sleepin', I get lonely Am Dm You can touch me, if you want to Dm I got poison, I just might bite you [VERSE] Dm Lie in circles, on the sunlight Am Dm Shine like diamonds, on a dark night Am Dm Ain't no mercy, in my smilin' Dm Only fangs and, sweet beguiling [INSTRUMENTAL] [VERSE] Dm Future, he don't, try to find me Am Dm Skin I been through, dies behind me Am Dm Solid hollow, wrapped in hatred Dm Not a drop of, venom wasted [INSTRUMENTAL] [VERSE] Dm You can slip in, try to find me Hold your breath and, flat deny me Am Dm It makes no difference, to my thinkin' Dm