Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
Cm
G
Cm
G
Cm
On her way
Cm
F
Down the path along side the lake
G
Cm
F
A tender hearted woman
G
Ab
G
saw a poor half frozen snake
Cm
F
G
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted
Cm
F
with the dew
G
Cm
"Poor thing," she cried,
G
Cm
G
Ab
G
F
Cm
"I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
G
Cm
G
Take me in, for heaven's sake
G
Cm
tender woman," sighed the snake
F
G
F
Dm
She wrapped him all cozy in
G
Cm
a comforter of silk
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Ab
G
some honey an d some milk
Cm
F
She hurried home from work that
Cm
G
F
night and soon as she ar rived
She found that pretty snake she'd
Cm
F
"Take me in, tender woman
Cm
G
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Cm
B
G
Take me in, tender wo man,"
Cm
G#
C#m
sighed the snake
A
C#m
F#
C#m
She clutched him to her bos om, "You're
so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by
A
G#
now you might have died"
and kissed and held him tight
F#
C#m
Instead of saying thanks,
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A
G#
the snake gave her a vicious bite
C#m
B
"Take me in, tender woman
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G#
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Dm
G
Bdim
Bm
G
"And you've bitten me, but why?
Bb
A
and now I'm going to die"
Dm
G
"Oh shut up,
silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
A
G
before you took me in
Dm
G
"Take me in, tender woman
A
Dm
A
Dm
A
for heaven's sake
Dm
Take me in,
A
A
tender woman," sighed the snake
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Cm F Ab Dm...
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