Chords for Lightnin' Hopkins-I'm a Crawling Black Snake

Tempo:
159.25 bpm
Chords used:

C#

C#m

F#

A#

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lightnin' Hopkins-I'm a Crawling Black Snake chords
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[G#m] [C#m]
[C#] [C#m]
[C#]
[D#m] [A#]
[C#]
You know I'm a crawling black snake.
[C#m] [C#]
[F#]
[C#m] Lots of these women like to cross poor lightning [C#] street.
[C#m] [E]
[C#]
I'm a crawling [F#] black snake.
[C#m] Lots of women like to cross poor lightning [C#] street.
[C#m]
[E] [C#]
Well, they know that I don't make [G#] no jokes.
[C#m]
[E] Any trail they cross, they know they [C#] don't feel.
You know that crawling black snake crawled a long way just to see a woman.
[C#m]
[C#] All I hear he was deep in dumb.
[C#m]
When he walk up he give his [C#] sign by gratter in his tongue.
[C#m]
[C#] But that was a warning, stay back cause you may get bit.
[C#m]
[C#] He may not be too pardoned, but [C#m]
he may not be fit.
[C#]
[C#m] Crawling black snake,
[C#] [F#] [C#m]
one snake I dodge [F#] and that the one they [C#] call the king.
[C#m]
[A] [C#]
[E] One snake I dodge [F#]
and [C#m]
that is the one that they call the king.
[A#]
[D#] [C#]
They say he [G#] just got plenty power but no poison.
[A#m] [C#m]
He can kill any snake on earth, don't care how [C#] mean.
[C#m]
[F#] [C#] I figure if he kill a rattlesnake,
[A#] I better dodge him too.
[C#]
[C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[A] [C#] And so that's the reason I'm going to tell you to let it go.
I'm that crawling black snake, don't dodge but [C#m] warning that is the king.
[A#]
[C#]
I'm that [F#] crawling black snake,
[C#m]
I don't dodge but warning that is the king.
[C#]
[A#] Well, you know he is the best snake in [G#] the world.
[C#m] And that king snake can kill [C#] anything.
[F#] [C#]
And I [G] drugged down there [C#] and I said,
Come [F#] on.
[C#]
[E]
[C#]
[G#]
[A#m] [E] [D#] [A#m]
[C#] [A#]
[C#]
[B] [C#]
[N]
Key:  
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
F#
134211112
A#
12341111
E
2311
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
F#
134211112
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Let's start jamming Lightnin Hopkins - (Album Version) Im A Crawling Black Snake chords, Practice these chords sequence - F#, C#m, C# and C#m. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 79 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 159. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C# Minor.

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[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You know I'm a crawling black snake.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Lots of these women like to cross poor lightning [C#] street. _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm a crawling [F#] black snake.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ Lots of women like to cross poor lightning [C#] street.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, they know that I don't make [G#] no jokes. _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Any trail they cross, they know they [C#] don't feel. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You know that crawling black snake crawled a long way _ _ _ _ _ _ _ just to see a woman.
[C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ All I hear he was deep in dumb.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ When he walk up he give his [C#] sign by _ _ _ gratter in his tongue.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ But that was a warning, stay back cause you may get bit.
_ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ He may not be too pardoned, but [C#m] _
he _ _ _ _ _ _ may not be fit. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Crawling black snake, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ one snake I dodge [F#] and that the one they [C#] call the king.
_ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] One snake I dodge [F#] _ _ _
and _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
that is the one that they call the king.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They say he [G#] just got plenty power but no poison. _
_ _ _ _ [A#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
He can kill any snake on earth, don't care how [C#] mean.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] I figure if he kill a rattlesnake, _
[A#] _ I better dodge him too.
[C#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [C#] _ And so that's the reason I'm going to tell you to let it go. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm that crawling black snake, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ don't dodge but [C#m] warning that is the king.
_ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm that [F#] crawling black snake, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
I don't dodge but warning that is the king. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] Well, you know he is the best snake in [G#] the world. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ And that king snake can kill [C#] _ anything. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _
And I [G] drugged down there [C#] and I said, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Come [F#] on. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [E] _ [D#] _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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