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