The Snake King

	  		Eb tuning 


Intro: G 


Verse 1:
                     G 
I'm looking for your back door and firing up a chain saw 
          C 
I'm comin for ya, baby 
      D       C        G 
Gonna find my way back in 
                  G 
I'm coming in the out door 
                     D 
I got candy from the drug store 
          C 
I'm gonna get ya, sugar 
      D            C        G 
And together we're going to sin 
                Dm 
I wanna leave a snake skin 
             C 
I wanna be a bad thing 
        Bb              C           Bb  G 
I got a jelly roll with alcohol and vicodin 
              C 
But if you're tryin' to find salvation I'm not your destination 
      D 
But I sure am in the bed you're sleeping in 


         Eb 
I am the real thing 
          F 
I am your dark sin 
         G 
I am the Snake King 
         Eb 
I am the whip sting 
         F 
I am the war sling 
         G 
I am the Snake King Snake King 


Verse 2:
                     G 
Still looking for a meaning well, baby I'm leaning 
       C                 D         C       G 
By the fact that this is great big rollin' thin 
                 G 
Rollin' down the highway 
                   D 
It ain't comin' my way 
         C 
And I'll disappear 
      D        C     G 
Just like I've never been 
           Dm 
Hey Little sister 
                   C 
I know I heard you whisper 
        Bb                C       Bb    G 
I wanna bury full a jelly roll of epinephrine 
     C 
I'll be your godless sin give you boots of fine snake skin 
        D 
And the kind of thing that money just can't buy 


         Eb 
I am the real thing 
          F 
I am your dark sin 
         G 
I am the Snake King snake king 
         Eb 
I am the whip sting 
         F 
I am the war sling 
         G 
I am the Snake King Snake King 



Solo: 
G C D C G 
G D C D C G 


Verse 3:
     Dm 
Well look at what the cat dragged in 
       C 
You're feelin' more alive than you've ever been 
           Bb              C           Bb  G 
I got your jelly roll with alcohol and vicodin 
       C 
You'll say a sweet amen as I burn you down again 
    D 
You want it all but you just can't figure out why 


         Eb 
I am the Snake King 
         F 
I am the Snake King 
         G 
I am the Snake King 
         Eb 
I am the real thing 
          F 
I am your dark sin 
         G 
I am the Snake King snake king 
         Eb 
I am the whip sting 
         F 
I am the war sling 
         G 
I am the Snake King Snake King 
         Eb 
I am the real thing 
          F 
I am your dark sin 
         G 
I am the Snake King I am the snake king