Key: F minor
Verse 1
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman
Found a poor half- frozen snake
Verse 2
Had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing" she cried,
"I'll take you in
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Em
Aand I'll take care of you."
Verse 3
Em
Am
Take me in tender woman
Verse 4
In a comforter of silk
And laid him by the fireside
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B
With some honey and some milk
Verse 5
from work that night
And as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd
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Em
taken in had been revived.
Verse 6
Em
Am
Take me in tender woman
Verse 7
"You're so beautiful" she cried
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Em
"But if I hadn't brought you in by
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B
now you might have died."
Verse 8
pretty skin again
And kissed him really tight,
Instead of saying thanks,
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Em
the snake gave her a vicious bite.
Verse 9
Em
Am
Take me in tender woman
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Fm
Verse 10
"I saved you!" cried the woman
"And you've bitten me but why?"
"You know your bite is poisonous
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C
And now I'm gonna die."
Verse 11
woman."
Said that reptile with a grin.
"You knew darn well I was a snake
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Fm
be fore you took me in."
Verse 12
Fm
Bbm
Take me in tender woman
Verse 13
Fm
C
Take me in tender woman
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