The Snake chords by
Pal Rakes
Pal Rakes

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Key: D# minor
Intro 1
Am
Am
Bb#m
Bb#m
Am
Am
Verse 1
Bb#m
Bb#m
On her
Am
Am
way to work one morning,
down the path alongside the lake
A tender -hearted woman
E
E
saw a poor half -frozen snake
Am
Am
His pretty colored skin
had been all rusted with the dew
Poor thing, she cried,
E
E
I'll take you in and I'll
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Am
take care of you
Take me in, oh tender woman,
take me in for heaven's sake
Take me in, oh tender woman,
E
E
Am
Am
Bb#m
Bb#m
Am
Am
be side the snake
Bb#m
Bb#m
Am
Am
Oh, she wrapped him up all cozy
in a comfortable tug of silk
And then laid him by the fireside
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E
with some honey and some milk
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Am
She hurried home from work that night
As soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken
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E
And had been revived
Am
Am
Take me in, oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, oh tender woman
E
E
Am
Am
Bb#m
Bb#m
Am
Am
Beside the snake
Bb#m
Bb#m
E
E
Bbm
Bbm
Eb
Eb
Cm
Cm
Fm
Fm
Bbm
Bbm
Well, she clutched into her bosom,
it was so beautiful she cried
But if I hadn't of brought you in,
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F
by now you might have died
Bbm
Bbm
She stroked his pretty skin a tenth
and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks,
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F
that snake gave her a vicious bite
Bbm
Bbm
Take me in, oh tender woman,
take me in for heaven's sake
F
F
Take me in, oh tender woman,
Bbm
Bbm
Cm
Cm
Eb
Eb
F
F
Bbm
Bbm
Gb
Gb
beside the snake
Ab
Ab
Bm
Bm
Now I've heard you cry, that woman,
and you've bitten me for a while
You know your bite is poisonous,
Gb
Gb
and now I'm going to die
Bb#m
Bb#m
Oh shut up, silly woman,
said that reptile with the fin
You knew damn well I was a snake
F#
F#
Bb#m
Bb#m
Before you brought me in
Bb#m
Bb#m
Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, oh tender woman
F#
F#
Bb#m
Bb#m
Slide the snake
Bb#m
Bb#m
Slide the snake
Bb#m
Bb#m
Take me in, tender woman
You

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