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