Wednesday, November 30, 2011

American Aquarium - Rattlesnake

Capo III

G...C...G
G...D...G


G
she was born outside of Memphis

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just north of Tupelo

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oh Lord she's a Mississippi queen


G
and just like that big river

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oh Lord she'll pull you under

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she fights fire with gasoline


well first time that I saw her
down at the Whitewater
dancing across those ancient hardwood floors

and you could tell she had a history
with the cigarettes and whiskey
and the boys that had a way with words


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but I want to make

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that glorious mistake

G...........................................C...........G
now she's got the kisses of a thousand angels

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and the bite of a rattlesnake

just like my first occurrence
with straight Kentucky bourbon
oh Lord she took my breath away

and when she called me darling
I started caterwhomping
oh I had nothing else to say

but I want to make
that glorious mistake
now she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
and the bite of a rattlesnake

and when she gets me all alone
she strikes the fear of Jesus
she sends that fear coursing through my blood

and when we hit the bedroom
it's always fire and brimstone
yes I have been washed in the flood

but I want to make
that glorious mistake
now she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
and the bite of a rattlesnake

now she's got the kisses of a thousand angels
and the bite of a rattlesnake