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