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