Pixies – Snakes (Guitar Live)

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Song: Snakes (Live in the USA 2014) Artist: Pixies Album: Indy Cindy (Deluxe Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxqFo59TBs (studio) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EP2_(Pixies_EP) Tempo: 4|4 Chords: EADGBe C X32010 Em 022000 Bm X24432 D XX0232 G 320003
[Intro]
Riff #1: Lead Over
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D||——————————————————————————————-—-——|————————————————————————————————-———| A||—————————————————————————————-—-———|————————————————————————————————-———| E||—————————————————————————————-———-—|————————————————————————————————-———| C Em C Em Bm Em G C D Bm C D Bm G C Bm C Em [Verse 1]
Em      D              Em
Meet me by the coppice stool,

           D                    Em
Before the night takes back its jewels.

           D            Em
Bring your life of memo-ries,

             D             Em
Be-fore they sink into the seas.
[Chorus 1]
G
Snakes,

C                  Em
Are coming to your town.

   D              C
In tun-nels under-ground,

     D               C
Some travelling over-ground.

D                G
A plague for our mis-takes,

        C                Em
They'll be right next to you.

           D           C
Snakes, up again-st me too,

         D          C
There'll be nothing to do.

D        C       Em
When the rat-tle sha-kes.
[Instrumental 1: Bridge] D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em [Verse 2]
Em       D                    Em
One more glass and then we're dry,

         D                      Em
Say some words, I'll write them down.

         D              Em
Feel the coup-lets deep inside.
[Chorus 2]
G
Snakes,

C                  Em
Are coming to your town.

   D              C
In tun-nels under-ground,

     D               C
Some travelling over-ground.

D                G
A plague for our mis-takes,

        C                Em
They'll be right next to you.

           D           C
Snakes, up again-st me too,

         D          C
There'll be nothing to do.

D        C       Em
When the rat-tle sha-kes.
[Instrumental 2: Coda](Discordant lead over) D Bm G C D Bm G C D Bm G C D Em Em Em (Fade Out)
Riff #1(Repeat): Lead Over
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D||——————————————————————————————-—-——|————————————————————————————————-———|| A||—————————————————————————————-—-———|————————————————————————————————-———|| E||—————————————————————————————-———-—|————————————————————————————————-———|| [End] NOTES. 1. “…The Pixies came up with this song in the studio whilst recording EP2. "I'm not a jammer," said guitarist Joey Santiago, "but Black Francis and I started jamming it out. I had this little idea and I did that sliding guitar just to emulate a snake."…” http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=31879