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