Chords for Snow Beast - Mercedes Lackey

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[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ [Bb] Children [Ab] playing in [G] the snow, [Bb] further out [Ab] than they [G] should [Cm] go, saw [Dm] a [Eb] stranger [F] walking near, [Fm] never [G] stopped to think [Cm] or fear.
[G] Hair like snow, [G] eyes that gleam, things [Bb] aren't [Eb] always [G] what they seem.
Teeth too long, hands too thin, [F] always look [Bb] beneath [Cm] the skin. _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] _ [Bb] Greetings children, [Ab] the [G] woman [Cm] said, it's [Bb] so [Ab] cold, I'm [G] chilled near dead.
[Dm] Where's your [Eb] camp and [F] family too?
[Fm] Won't you take [G] me home [Cm] with you?
Hair [G] like [Cm] snow, [G] eyes that gleam, [Gm] things aren't always what [G] they seem.
Teeth too long, hands too thin, [F] always look [Bb] [Cm] beneath the skin.
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[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Cm] Long [Dm] white [Ab] hair and [G] eyes like ice, she spoke [Bb] so [Ab] fair, she seemed [G] so nice.
[Dm] Foolish [Eb] children did [F] not [Cm] ask, why [Fm] she set [G] them [Cm] such a task.
[G] Hair like snow, eyes that gleam, [Bb] things aren't [Eb] always what [G] they [Cm] seem.
Teeth [G] too [Cm] long, [G] hands too thin, [F] always [Bb] look beneath [Cm] the skin.
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ They did [Dm] not [Ab] wait to find [G] a guard, they [Bb] led her straight [Cm] to [G] their own [Cm] yard.
They did [Dm] not think [Eb] to [G] ask their kin, they brought [Fm] her [G] home and let [Cm] her in.
[G] Hair like snow, [Cm] [G] eyes that gleam, things [Gm] aren't always [G] what they seem.
Teeth too long, hands too thin, [F] always look [Bb] beneath [Cm] the skin. _
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ _
[G] And [Dm] when she was [Ab] well [G] hid [Cm] inside, then she [Bb] cast off [Ab] her [G] human hide.
Her [Dm] fangs showed [Eb] long, her claws [F] sprang free.
A [Fm] hungry, fierce [G] snow beast [Cm] was she.
Hair [G] like snow, eyes that gleam, [Bb] things aren't always what [G] they seem.
[G] Teeth too long, hands too thin, [F] always look [Bb] [Cm] beneath the skin.
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[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] [Cm] And all [Dm] that night [Ab] through [G] every tent, she [Bb] stalked and [Ab] slaughtered as [G] she went.
[Bb] When the sun [Eb] raised up [F] his [Cm] head, half [Fm] of [G] all that [Cm] tribe lay dead.
Hair [G] like [Cm] snow, eyes [G] that gleam, [Gm] things aren't always what [G] they [C] seem.
Teeth [G] too [Cm] long, [G] hands too thin, [F] always [Bb] look beneath [Cm] the skin.
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[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ _
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[Dm] _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
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[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] For [Dm] pretty words [Ab] and [G] pretty [Cm] wiles and pretty [Bb] [Ab] looks and [G] pretty smiles, those folk [Bb] were [Eb] slain and scattered [F] all because [Fm] they let [G] their [Cm] caution fall.
Hair [G] like snow, [Cm] [G] eyes that gleam, [Bb] things aren't always what [G] they seem.
Teeth too long, [Cm] hands [G] too thin, [F] always look [Bb] [Cm] beneath the skin.
[F] Always [C] look beneath [G] [Cm] the skin. _ _ _ _
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