Snake Song pt. 1

Mary Zimmerman
Created: Wed, October 19 2022
Latest changes: Wed, October 19 2022
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Ab
A
C
D
Bb>C
E
G
Em
Bbm
G7
A6
A9
F#/C#
Db
Bb
Ab>C
Fm
Dm
Am7
Bm
Dm7
Em9
F#m
Gmaj7
C/G
Eb
Verse 1
There
Fm
was
a
/G
place
that
Ab
bordered
the
C/G
sea
And
there
was
a
princess
Ab
there
Who
Fm
seemed
to
/G
hold
Ab
all
of
C/G
joy
in
her
Fm
mouth,
her
/G
hands,
her
C/G
hair.
Db
There
was
promise
in
C
every
glance
of
her
Bb>C
eye.
She
held
Db
promise
C
e-very- Fm
where.
Verse 2
But
in- Fm
side
her
/G
mind
was
a
Ab
darker
C
place,
so
Fm
dark
no
/G
could
Ab>C
see.
That's
Fm
where
she
/G
lived
and
Ab
called
it
C
day
Fm
and
from
there
she
/G
spoke
her
de- Bb
cree,
de- Db
cree,
from
Fm
there
she
Eb
spoke
her
de Fm
cree.
Snake-Leaves Princess
Bm
Whoever
I
marry
must
Gmaj7
take
an
oath
to
Em9
lie
with
me
in
my
A6
grave.
If
Bm
I
die
first
he
must
G7
come
with
Bm
me,
a Em9
live
with
F#m
me
to
my
G7
grave,
and
Bm
there
reside
until
G7
he
too
dies
be Em9
side
me
in
my
A6
grave,
my
Em9
grave,
be G7
side
me
A9
in
my
Bm
grave.
Chorus 1
For
Dm
that
is
the
/F
only
true
G
love,
/A
true
love,
Dm
that
is
the
Am7
only
true
Dm
love.
Dm
Where
are
you
/F
going,
my
G
love,
my
/A
love?
Don't
Dm
ever
go
Am7
there
without
Dm
me.
Response
Bm
A
horror
spread
G7
everywhere,
yet
Em9
there
was
one
who
A9
said:
"What Bm
ever
happens,
what G7
ever
may
be,
Em9
that
is
the
one
I
must
A6
wed,
must
Em9
wed, 
G7
that
is
the
A9
one
I
must
Bm
wed.
repeat chorus, verse 2
Verse 3 (Fm)
They
Bm
took
him
alive,
a G7
long
with
his
wife,
to
the
Em9
darkest
and
deepest
of
A9
tombs
With
four
Bm
glasses
of
wine,
a
G7
loaf
of
bread,
and
all
Em9
all
his
young
life
and
his
A9
love,
his
Em9
love,
G7
All
his
young
A9
life
and
his
Bm
love.
Repeat chorus
Fm
One
Fm
night
near
/G
death
he
Ab
lay
in
the
C/G
tomb;
the
Fm
wine
was
/G
gone
and
the
Ab
bread C
Fm
Into
the
/G
chamber
Ab
through
the
C/G
gloom,
Bbm
vile
and
seeking
the
C
dead,
a
Dm7
long
white
snake
slithered
in...
a
snake
came
slithering
in.
Verse 4
Bm
Bm
No
sooner
had
he
D
halved
the
F#/C#
snake,
than
a Bm
nother
appeared
in
the
D
room. F#/C#
Bm
Took
one
look,
then
D
slithered
a F#/C#
way,
but
Bm
soon
came
back
a Em
gain,
a G
gain,
but
E
soon
came
A
back
a Bm
gain.
He
Bm
carried
three
leaves
in
his
G7
mouth,
one
Em9
copper,
one
silver,
one
A9
gold.
He
Bm
lay
them
down
on
the
G7
wound
of
his
mate,
and
Em9
suddenly
she
was
A9
whole,
was
Em9
whole,
and
G7
suddenly
A9
she
was
Bm
whole.
repeat chorus
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