Bodysnatchers - Dave Rawlings Machine
Tuning: , E A D G B E
[Hope this doesn't suck, it's my first time doing one of these,
mostly based on the version by chordu so blame them if you want]
[Intro]
[Verse]
Everything's p
redictable in
little river t
owns
Barges and tob
acco, drinking
straight Kent
ucky brown
Mama's bunions
swelling when
there's evil
creeping round
Like bodysnatc
hers
You know she u
sed to tell me
she was gazin
g out at space
I can feel the
m coming down
to pilfer and
erase
And I should h
ave told you t
he first time
that I saw you
face to face
That you're a
bodysnatcher
[Bridge]
I sold my soul
for something
up on Barford
Hatches
Twenty years o
f lining down
the tracks
Mama said next
time you see
the bodysnatch
ers
Tell them all
they'd better
get back
[Chorus]
You better get
back, get bac
k, get back
Better get bac
k you bodysnat
chers
Better get bac
k, get back, g
et back
You better g
et back you bo
dysnatchers
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
Each Mississip
pi river queen
tries to play
the saint
This far down
the river you
pretend you wh
at you ain't
I'm the son of
a son of a pi
oneer gun, I s
lather on the
paint
Like a bodysna
tcher
The nameless t
ombstones crum
ble o'er the g
raves of Cairo
kings
When there's h
igh water ever
ywhere it cove
rs everything
And when the s
un comes out o
f nowhere you
can hear the b
irdies sing
You're the bod
ysnatcher
[Bridge]
I sold my soul
for something
up on Barford
Hatches
Twenty years o
f lining down
the tracks
Mama said next
time you see
the bodysnatch
ers
Tell them all
they'd better
get back
[Chorus]
You better get
back, get bac
k, get back
Better get bac
k you bodysnat
chers
Better get bac
k, get back, g
et back
You better g
et back you bo
dysnatchers
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
I guess if it
was up to me I
'd probably le
t you live
But Mama, when
you cross her
, she's slower
to forgive
She'll stick y
ou full of pin
s and leave yo
u bleeding lik
e a sieve
For bodysnatch
ing
So when you co
me around here
you best be w
aving somethin
g white
A pillowcase o
r a handkerchi
ef ought to ge
t the message
right
And you oughta
try not thiev
ing things in
the middle of
the night
Don't be a bod
ysnatcher
[Bridge]
I sold my soul
for something
up on Barford
Hatches
Twenty years o
f lining down
the tracks
Mama said next
time you see
the bodysnatch
ers
Tell them all
they'd better
get back
[Chorus]
You better get
back, get bac
k, get back
Better get bac
k you bodysnat
chers
Better get bac
k, get back, g
et back
You better g
et back you bo
dysnatchers