The Snake Chords by Shivaree

_ _ _ _ _ _ On her way to work one morning down the path _ alongside the lake _
A tender-hearted woman found a poor half-frozen snake
_ His pretty colored skin had been all _ frosted with the dew
_ Poor thing, she cried, I'll take you in
And I'll take care of [Fm] you
Take me in, tender woman
Take me in for [Em] heaven's sake
_ [D] Take me [A#m] in, tender woman _ _ _
[Cm] Sighed the _ [Fm] snake _
She wrapped him up all cozy in [N] a _ comforter of silk _
And lit him by [Fm] the fire with [C#] some honey and some [N] _
milk
She _ hurried home from work that night and soon as she _ arrived
She found [G#m] that pretty snake she'd taken in [C] had been [N] revived
Take me in, tender woman
Take me in for [C] heaven's sake
Take me in, [A#] tender woman
_ _ [F] _ Sighed the [Fm] snake
_ [N] She clutched him to her bosom
You're so beautiful, she cried
_ _ And if I hadn't brought you [G#m] in by now you might have [C] died
She [N] stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight _ _
Instead of saying thanks, that [G#m] snake gave her [C] a vicious [Fm] bite
Take me in, [C] tender woman
Take [F] me in for [Em] heaven's sake
Take [D#] me [F] in, tender woman
_ _ Sighed the snake
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ The [F#] snake did cry to woman
And he bit me, but why?
_ You know your bite is poisonous [D] and I'm gonna [C#] die
_ [D] Oh shut up, [A#] silly woman
[F#] Said the reptile with a grin
_ In your den where I was [F#m] a snake [D] before [C#] you took [F#m] me
In, take me [D] in, tender woman
[F#m] Take me in for [C#] heaven's sake
Take me [F#m] in, tender [Bm] woman _ _
_ [F#] Sighed the _ [F#m] snake
Take me in, [C#] tender woman _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] Sighed the snake
Take me in, [C#] tender woman
[F#] Sighed the snake _ _ _ _