#----------------------------------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 I'll be here when, you start sinkin'
