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