Chords for Ray Wylie Hubbard - Snake Farm (eTown webisode #919)

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_ _ [E] _ _ You know, like I say, they're all over the southwest, you know, and just, you know, from
Arizona to visit Snake Farm.
They're kind of like, you know, tourist _ _ area, you know.
They ever said, oh, Snake Farm and their new [D] brothel has been there 40 years, and I probably,
between Austin and San Antonio, _ [E] and I've driven by it, you know, probably 10,000 times, you
know, and then one day I just drove by and went, ooh, God, this sounds nasty.
And I went, well, it is, it's a snake farm, it's a reptile house, ooh.
And so I said, you know, the _ thing I learned, never second-guess inspiration, _ _ and then the
craft is what do I do with it.
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ I mean, it's a fun song, I see people laugh, and then I'll stop and say, just sing along,
and everybody goes, you know, what is this?
You know, and the audience was just, the audience here was just like almost another member of the band.
You know what I mean?
When a band's playing to try to reach a certain point, the audience is such a part of that,
it was almost _ like they were a member of the band.
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So yeah, it was a _ lot of fun. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Em] So are you ready?
Yeah!
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_ The [E] woman I love is named Ramona.
She kind of looks like Tempest Storm.
_ She can dance like a little Egypt.
She works down at the snake farm.
Snake farm, [A] it [Em] just sounds [E] nasty.
Snake farm, it [G] pretty much [E] is snake farm.
[A] [Em] It's a reptile [E] house, snake farm.
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Ramona's got a keen sense of humor.
She got a tattoo down her arm, it's of a python. _
Eating a little mouse, wearing a sailor hat that says snake farm.
Snake farm, [Em] it just sounds nasty.
[E] Snake farm, [G] it pretty [Bb] much [E] is snake farm.
[A] It's a [Em] reptile [A] [E] house, snake [D] farm.
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] I [Dm] asked Ramona [E] how come she works [D] there.
[E] She says, well, it's got its charm.
There's nothing to do in the winter.
Now then, some kid gets bit at the [Em] snake farm.
I [E] said snake [A] farm, it [Em] just sounds [E] nasty.
Snake farm, it pretty much is snake farm.
[A] [Em] It's a reptile house, snake farm.
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[G] _ [E] _ _ _ yeah, I forgot to mention something.
_ This is a sing-along.
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_ Really?
_ _ _ It goes snake farm, it just sounds nasty.
Snake farm, it pretty much is snake farm.
It's a reptile house, snake farm.
[G] Ooh. _
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_ [E] Ain't exactly [G] kumbaya.
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_ [E] _ _ It's [A] the [G] best I got.
[E] _ _ Help me now, [Em] everybody. _
I said snake farm, [Bb] [Em] it just sounds nasty.
Snake farm, it pretty much is snake farm.
It's a _ reptile house, snake farm. _
[A] [G] Ooh.
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[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ Getting into it.
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ Ramona likes small liquor and a band from Wales
that was called The Alarm.
She said she cried when they broke up.
She still plays the records at the [D] snake farm.
[E] Snake farm, it just sounds nasty.
Snake farm, [G] it pretty much [E] is snake farm.
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[Em] It's a reptile house, [E] snake farm.
[Em] Ooh.
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[E] Ramona calls me up.
She says, come on down here, it's getting warm.
_ _ And she runs everybody off.
And we, you know, snake farm. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ Snake farm, it just sounds [E] nasty.
Snake farm, it [G] pretty much [E] is snake farm.
[A] [Em] It's a reptile [E] house, snake farm.
Ooh, last [D] chance.
I [E] said snake [Em] farm, it just sounds [E] nasty.
Snake farm, [G] it pretty much [E] is snake farm.
It's a [Em] reptile [E] house, snake farm. _ _ _ _ _ _
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