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