Snakes Live Chords

Song:      Snakes (Live in the USA 2014)
Artist:    Pixies
Album:     Indy Cindy (Deluxe Version)
URL’s:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0DtAn7L40 (acoustic)
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxqFo59TBs (studio)
           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EP2_(Pixies_EP)
Tempo:     4|4
Tuning:    Standard
 
Capo 2
 
Chords:
           EADGBe
C          X32010
Em         022000
Bm         X24432
D          XX0232
G          320003
 
 
[Intro]
Riff #1: Lead Over
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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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[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
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