Snakes Chords

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Snakes by McCafferty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, B, Gbm, Gm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			verse 1 
          A                          D 
I know a snake; I know a snake when I see one in the grass. 
          A                          D 
I see you slithering along, breaking everybody’s necks. 
           A 
How’s that movie theater job? 
           D 
How’s that boyfriend of yours? 
           A                         B 
How’s that endless pain that you can never ignore? 

verse 2 
                  A 
You know what I’m talking about. 
      D                         A 
Don’t try to pretend- keeps you up at night, 
            D 
Reasons you lost your friends, 
             A                   D 
You said, "I needed an outlet. I needed a way out. 
  A              B 
I needed so much more." 

verse 3 
         Gbm                A 
And it’s hard to say, “I’ll be alright. 
     D                 A 
I’ll die for you. I’ll die tonight." 
  Gbm         A                 D 
I never had a chance to say, “I missed you, man.” 
    A 
But anyway… 

verse 3 
     Gm                 A 
It’s hard to say, “I’ll be alright. 
     D                  A 
I’ll die for you. I’ll die tonight." 
  Gbm         A                 D 
I never had a chance to say, “I missed you, man.” 
    A 
But anyway… 

verse 4 
  Gbm              E 
I needed more than what I had. 
  D                A 
I needed more than what I got. 
  Gbm              E 
I needed more than what I had. 
  D                A 
I needed more than what I got. 

Verse 5 
             Gbm                   E 
She said, “I love getting stoned.” 
             D                 A 
She said, “I love getting high, so high.” 
             Gbm              E      D            A 
She said, “I love coming down, but I needed to try.” 

Verse 6 
            Gbm                 E 
He said, “I love getting stoned.” 
            D                A 
He said, “I love getting high, so high.” 
            Gbm              E      D                A 
He said, “I love coming down, but I needed to try. I needed to try.” 

Instrumental 
Gbm E D A x2 

Verse 7 
Gbm    E          A             D 
Bodily functions, I don’t wanna need them 
    Gbm    E          A             D 
And bodily functions, I don’t wanna need them 
    Gbm    E          A             D 
And bodily functions, I don’t wanna need them 
    Gbm    E          A              D 
And bodily functions, I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna- 

Verse 8 
            Gbm                 E 
He said, “I love getting stoned.” 
            A              D 
He said, “I love getting high, so high.” 
            Gbm             E         D            A 
He said, “I love coming down, but I needed to try, oh…” 

Verse 9 
            Gbm                 E 
He said, “I love getting stoned.” 
            D               A 
He said, “I love getting high, so high.” 
            Gbm             E       D            A 
He said, “I love coming down, but I needed to try.” 
            Gbm                E 
He said, “I love getting stoned.” 
            A               D 
He said, “I love getting high, so high.” 
            Gbm             E       D 
He said, “I love coming down, but I needed to try, 
  A                Gbm              E                D 
I needed to try, I needed to try, I needed to try, I needed to try, 
  A                Gbm              E                D                 A 
I needed to try, I needed to try, I needed to try, I needed to try, oh….” 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante