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