Intro: Bm
Bm
I heard about the venom
D
At a broke down Five and Dime
Em
The rain cried down the window
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Just like those tears of mine
Bm
Just then a gray haired woman
D
Sat down right next to me
Em
She heard me cry and looked in my eye
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And said, "Baby, I got what you need"
Em
You need a snakebite
Bm
And once you get that venom in your veins
Em
They'll come alive
Bm
I know just what you go through every day
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That pain inside, I can make it right
Bm
With the snakebite
Bm
She handed me a map with streets
D
I said, "I've never seen"
Em
And she told me, "My friend, this town has secrets
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Darker than you could ever dream"
Bm
I went to some back alley
D
Behind a liquor store
Em
If someone had told me how tight it would hold me
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I never would have open the door
Em
I got the snakebite
Bm
And once I had that venom in my veins
Em
I came alive
Bm
Oh, you don't know what I go through everyday
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The pain inside, I'm gonna make it right
Bm
With the snakebite
Em
My momma told me
Bm
Baby, be wary of evil ones
Em
Who want to ensnare the heavy hearted
Bm
Into their webs and feed upon their souls
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Oh momma, I hope you never know
Bm
It hasn't been a year now
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And all my hair is gray
Em
You know, it's funny
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But I don't remember my own name
Bm
I'd go and hurt that woman
D
Who put this pain in me
Em
But my heart is weak, it wants that venom
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She comes around 'cause she knows I need
Em
The snakebite
Bm
Oh, I gotta get that venom in my veins
Em
To feel alive
Bm
Oh, you don't know what I go through every day
D F#
This pain inside, I'm gonna make it right
Em
With the snakebite
Bm
Oh, I gotta get that venom in my veins
Em
And come alive
Bm
Oh, you don't know what I go through every day
D F#
That pain inside, I'm gonna make it right
Bm
With the snakebite
F# Bm
Oh, I got the snakebite