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