#--------------------------------------------------------------# SNAKE SONG Townes Van Zandt Copyright © 1974 Columbine and UA Music Performing rights w/ASCAP http://www.ascap.com/ace/ACE.html #-------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------# #This file is an interpretation of Townes' work, and does not # #necessarily represent the actual way he recorded or performed # #the song, and is not intended to be used for any purpose other# #than for private study, scholarship, or research # #--------------------------------------------------------------# #--------------------------------------------------------------# Submitted by Rainer Fischer July 1, 1998 #--------------------------------------------------------------# 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 F Dm if you want to Dm F Dm I got poison Dm C Dm I just might bite you Lie in circles on the sunlight shine like diamonds on a dark night ain't no mercy in my smilin' only fangs and sweet beguiling Future, he don't try to find me skin I been through dies behind me solid hollow wrapped in hatred not a drop of venom wasted You can slip in try to find me hold your breath and flat deny me it makes no difference to my thinkin' I'll be here when 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 #--------------------------------------------------------------#