Key: F minor
Verse 1
Em
Bm
A
Em
Bm
B
Em
On the way
C
Bm
found a cold half -frozen snake.
B
Em
His pretty colored skin
G
C
Fm
F
had been all frosted with the dew.
Fm
B
Em
Poor thing, she cried,
D#
D
C#
I'll take you in ,
C
Bm
B
Em
and I'll take care of you
Take me in, tender woman,
D#
Em
G
Bm
take me in , for heaven's sake
Em
D#
Em
D
G
Take me in, tender wo man,
C#
C
Bm
side snake
Em
G
She wrapped him up all cozy
Em
Bm
in a comforter of silk
C
Bm
with some honey and some milk
Em
G
She hurried home from work that night
F
Am
Em
she'd found that snake
D#
D
G
C
she'd taken in
Bm
Em
by now had been revived
C
Em
take me in tender woman
G
Em
take me in
G
C#dim
C
B
E
tender woman side snake
Em
Bb
Fm
she clutched him to her bosom
D##aug
G#
Fm
C
you're so beautiful she cried.
C#
C
by now you would have died.
Fm
G#
She stroked his pretty skin again,
C#
F#
and kissed and held him tight.
D##
Fm
D##aug
G#
In stead of saying thanks,
Ddim
C#
C
that snake gave her a vicious bite
F
C
take me in for heaven's sake
Fm
Eb#aug
Ab
Ddim
take me in tender woman
Db
C
E#m
F#m
sighed the snake well i saved
you cried the woman
B
F#m
and you bit me but why
C#
F#m
E
D
Bm
You know your bite is poisonous
D
F#m
D
an d now I'm gonna die
C#
F#
F#m
Bm
Am
Well, shut up, silly woman,
Em
A
C
F#m
D
Bm
said the reptile with a grin
G
F#
F#m
C#
E
You knew dam n well I was a snake
D#
D
F#m
F#
before you took me in
F#
C#
Take me in, for heaven's sake
B
Gb
Gbm
Fm
Eb#m
Take me in , tender woman
Eb
D
Db
Gb
Side the snake
Ab
C#
F#m
F#
Take me in ,
F#m
E#m
Em
Bm
F#m
tender woman
C#
F#
F#m
Fm
D##m
Take me in , tender woman
D##m
D#
Take me in, a tender woman,
Ddim
C#
F#
side the snake
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