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Snake Hill

Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
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D-DU-UDU
 I was born  on Snake Hill
 And that's where  I'll probably die
 Because I  don't like to kill
 But I've got poison  in my bite
 Well, I  feel safe to say
 That I  should probably stay upon Snake  Hill
 My mother  told me, "Son, you've got strychnine  in your blood
 It comes  from pedigree ancestry"
 She warned  me not to leave
 Said my concience  was too deep
 That when I bite
 It would hurt  mostly me
 For  many many years
 I stayed  up on that hill
 Occasionally  I'd go down to the edge
 To see  what I could see
 So curiosity  got the best of me
 Its a big  world and it's not fair  to me
 To have to stay  when there's so much  to see
 I want to play  with others that  I need to meet
 Poison  will be poison  until it's through
 Soon I hit the world
 I discovered that a girl
 Was what my mother tried to hide from me
 She could make you feel alive
 She could make you want to die
 And that's exactly what she did to me
 And it was only self defense
 And I coiled up and I bit
 I let my venom run into her veins
 And I sat and watched her die
 Then I realized
 I was born on Snake Hill
 And that's where I'll probably die
 Because I don't like to kill
 But I've got poison in my bite
 Well, I feel safe to say
 That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
 And it's a big world and it's not fair to me
 To have to stay when there's so much to see
 I want to play with others that I need to meet
 And poison will be poison until it's through
 Poison will be poison until it's through
 Poison will be poison until it's through
 Poison will be poison until it's through

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Readable chord sheet for Snake Hill by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band

I was bo[G]rn on Snake Hill
And that's wh[C]ere I'll probably die
Because [G]I don't like to kill
But I've got poi[Am]son in my bite
Well, [G]I feel safe to say
That I[C] should probably stay upon Sn[G]ake Hill
My m[G]other told me, "Son, you've got str[C]ychnine in your blood
It co[G]mes from pedigree ance[D]stry"
She wa[Am]rned me not to leave
Said my con[C]cience was too deep
That when I b[G]ite
It would h[D]urt mostly [G]me
F[G]or many many years
I sta[C]yed up on that hill
Occ[G]asionally I'd go down to the e[D]dge
To s[G]ee what I could see
So curi[C]osity got the best of [G]me

Its a b[C]ig world and it's not f[G]air to me
To have to s[C]tay when there's so m[G]uch to see
I want to p[C]lay with others th[G]at I need to m[D]eet
P[Am]oison will be po[C]ison until it's thr[G]ough

Soon I hit the world
I discovered that a girl
Was what my mother tried to hide from me
She could make you feel alive
She could make you want to die
And that's exactly what she did to me

And it was only self defense
And I coiled up and I bit
I let my venom run into her veins
And I sat and watched her die
Then I realized
I was born on Snake Hill
And that's where I'll probably die
Because I don't like to kill
But I've got poison in my bite
Well, I feel safe to say
That I should probably stay upon Snake Hill
And it's a big world and it's not fair to me
To have to stay when there's so much to see
I want to play with others that I need to meet

And poison will be poison until it's through
Poison will be poison until it's through
Poison will be poison until it's through
Poison will be poison until it's through

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