Snail Chords

KeyF# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays638

Snail by cavetown is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords A, E, F#m7, D7, Gm, F#, F, F#m, G, C#, D and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			 

Intro: A  E  F#m7 
        A  E  F#m7 

A         E          F#m7  
I was just born like this 
A                 E     F#m7 
Wish that I could change it 
A             E           F#m7 
Four peculiar limbs and a head that doesn't fit 
A               E       F#m7  D7 
Wish that I was still a kid 
A         E          F#m7 
I was just born like this 
A               E     F#m7 
Doctors knew before I did 
A               E            F#m7 
There's another snail living with me in my shell 
A                  E          F#m7   D7 
It's fair to say I don't like it 

( A  D7  A ) 
( D7  F#m7  E )  

A           D7           A             D7 
I'm hanging out with the bullets in my mouth 
    F#m7                    E 
And when you look away I'll spit them out 
A           D7           A             D7 
I'm hanging out with the foxes and the hounds 
    F#m7               E 
And when I fit in I'll break back out 

( A  D7  A ) 
( D7  F#m7  E ) 
( Gm  F#  F  A ) 
( D7  A  D7 ) 
( Gm  F#  F ) 

A               E          F#m7   A 
Really hope you found something 
E          F#m7 
Entertaining 
A             E             F#m7         D7    A   E  F#m7  D7 
Honestly I've had enough of looking at a dead man 
A            E        
I just wanna scrape my knees 
F#m7         D7 
Cry until my mommy sees 
A           E 
Popsicle to make a mess 
F#m7        D7 
All over my Sunday best 

A     E   F#m  D7  A             E     F#m7   D7 
Learn everything for the first time again 
       G 
I just wanna be a kid 
       A 
I just wanna be a kid 
            C#         D 
But I don't wanna be a kid 
        Dm             A 
Who was born like this 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante