Snakes Chords

BASTILLE /// SNAKES
By Hanna M | instagram @wildworldpilots
 
Capo on 1st fret
 
 
The following riffs are optional; if you don't want to play them - just play the chords
 
*Riff 1*
This riff is played throughout the [Intro] + 2nd & 3rd [Chorus]
and in the "Ooouh I'm not ready"-parts right after 1st & 2nd [Chorus]
and one time in the beginning of the [Bridge]
 
       G        G/B        C    G    Em        Em/B       C    G
(f) |--3-------------------0----3-----0-------------------0----3-------|
(C) |--0----0--------------1----0-----0----0--------------1----0-------|
(G#)|--0---------2----0----0----0-----0---------2----0----0----0-------|
(Eb)|--0-------------------2----0-----2-------------------2----0-------|
(Bb)|--2-------------------3----2-----2-------------------3----2-------|
(F) |--3------------------------3-----0------------------------3-------|
 
 
*Riff 2*
This riff is played right before every C in [Verse 2] + 2nd [Pre-Chorus]
 
                     C
(f) |----------------0----|
(C) |----------------1----|
(G#)|--0-------------0----|
(Eb)|-----4--2--0----2----|
(Bb)|----------------3----|
(F) |---------------------|
 
 
 
[Intro]
G          G/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
Em         Em/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
G          G/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
Em         Em/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
 
 
[Verse 1]
  C                       Em
Snakes are biting at my heels
                    C              D
The worries that refuse to let us go
C                     Em
I'll be kicking them away
                    C                D
When hoping not to let them take control
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C               Em
Ooouh, I'm not ready
  C         Bm
Drink to escape their minds
  C         Em
Show me distraction
C         Bm
Even for just one night
 
 
[Chorus]
            G     G/B    C    G
Cause it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
           G     G/B    C    G
Yes, it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
       Em
And I know, I know, I know
     Em/B     C           G
it's not the right way to go
       Em                            Em/B  C  G
but I pray for the ground to swallow  me  whole
 
G          G/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
Em         Em/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
 
 
[Verse 2]
 C                           Em
Now, these days are feeling dark
                    C                D
We're sruggling to figure out last year
  C                    Em
When the women on the news
                         C               D
Keep saying things that no one wants to hear
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C               Em
Ooouh, I'm not ready
  C        Bm
Drink to escape our minds
C           Em
Show me distraction
C         Bm
Even for just one night
 
 
[Chorus]
          G     G/B    C    G
Cuz it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
           G     G/B    C    G
Yes, it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
       Em
And I know, I know, I know
     Em/B     C           G
it's not the right way to go
       Em                            Em/B  C  G
but I pray for the ground to swallow  me  whole
        Em                            Em/B  C  G
Yes, I pray for the ground to swallow  me  whole
 
G          G/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
Em         Em/B  C    G
Ooouh, I'm not rea - dy
 
 
[Bridge]
G             G/B  C           G         Em
(Come on, boys.      Let's go tear this place apart!
Em/B  C         G
    (Woah! Aoow! Hahaha)
 
G
  Cus I know life is simple when I can just ignore it all
       G
Cus I know, cus I know, cus I know life is simple when I can just ignore it all
 
G
If I'm not ready
  G
Snakes will consume me whole
G
 If I'm not steady
 G
Maybe they'll take control
 
 
[Chorus]
          G     G/B    C    G
But it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
           G     G/B    C    G
Yes, it's easier  to   bu - ry
Em          Em/B  C       G
my head in  the  sand sometimes
       Em
And I know, I know, I know
     Em/B     C           G
it's not the right way to go
       Em                            Em/B  C  G
but I pray for the ground to swallow  me  whole
        Em
Yes, I know, I know, I know
     Em/B     C           G
it's not the right way to go
       Em                            Em/B  C  G
but I pray for the ground to swallow  me  whole
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