Townes Van Zandt – Snake Song (Guitar)
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[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-----3---3-3---3------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2---2-2---2------------------------------------------------------| D|--0--3--0---3-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3----1--3---3-3---3-----------------------------------------------------| G|-0h2--2--2---2-2---2-----------------------------------------------------| D|-0----0--0---3-0-0-0---3p0---0-------------------------------------------| A|-----------------3---------3---------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-----3---3-3---3------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--2---2-2---2------------------------------------------------------| D|--0--3--0---3-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------3--------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3----1--3---3-3---3-----------------------------------------------------| G|-0h2--2--2---2-2---2-----------------------------------------------------| D|-0----0--0---3-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------3-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-----0---0--3--3------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--2--0---0--0--2------------------------------------------------------| D|--0--3--0---0--x--0------------------------------------------------------| A|--------2---2--3---------------------------------------------------------| E|--------3---3------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3-----3----3-3---3---------3-------------------------------------------| G|-2--2--2----2-2---2---------2-------------------------------------------| D|-0--3--0----3-0-0-0---------0-------------------------------------------| A|----------------3-----3p0---0-------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------1---------------------------------------------|
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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Submitted by Rainer Fischer
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Dm F Dm You can't hold me Dm C Dm I'm too slippery Dm F Dm I do no sleepin' Dm C Dm I get lonely Dm F G you can touch me G C Dm if you want to Dm F Dm I got poison Dm C Dm I just might bite you Dm F Dm Lie in circles Dm C Dm on the sunlight Dm F Dm shine like diamonds Dm C Dm on a dark night Dm F G ain't no mercy G C Dm in my smilin' Dm F Dm only fangs and Dm C Dm sweet beguiling Dm F Dm Future, he don't Dm C Dm try to find me Dm F Dm skin I been through Dm C Dm dies behind me Dm F G solid hollow G C Dm wrapped in hatred
not a drop of
venom wasted
Dm F Dm You can slip in Dm C Dm try to find me Dm F Dm hold your breath and Dm C Dm flat deny me Dm F G it makes no difference G C Dm to my thinkin' Dm F Dm I'll be here when Dm C Dm you start sinkin'
I found it convenient to play with a capo in the 5th fret so I actually play Am C Am Am G Am and
so on. In the beginning of a line I strum the empty strings and then 'hammer on' the three fingers
for the Am. The Fs and Cs are quickly sqeezed in between the other chords. It's hard to say how
really to play it, it has to be felt (that's what I tell my band members on every occasion..). It
should by avoided to play the high strings, at least not too often or too loud, especially at the Cs
and Fs (This also makes it easier for the left hand). In between the verses I play a line of bass
notes:
D F B(hammer on->)C E D (maybe ...F D).
I also would like to add the bass line introducing 'Fare thee well Miss Carousel'.
Probably invented by the bass player but I like it very much.
B E / (E) F# G# / G# A G# F#/ F# G# E -> E-chord. Maybe the last bar is just f# f# f#.
And never ask me for a correct notation of the rhythm... RF