Rattlesnake - Jack Van Cleaf
Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: A, E A D G B E
Jack posted these chords on his Instagram, so I've added the voicings he uses below!
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Hmm
Losing touch i
n Tennessee
Freedom's got the best of me
Goddamn my opp
ortunities
Goddamn this easy livin'
Gasping for th
e mountain air
Crawling up the campus stairs
My throne is a
n electric cha
ir
I'm stunned with indecision
[Verse 2]
Hmm
Pray for upgra
des on my soul
Tearing through an open road
Questioning my
moral code
And screaming at a windshield
Knowing better
all along
Knowing all I know is wrong
Throwing up my
alcohol
Am I making this a big deal?
Ooh
[Chorus]
Oh my skull is
just a big wh
ite house
To some punk-a
ss kids from o
ut of town
They stay up l
ate and talk r
eal loud
And sometimes
I feel like ki
cking them out
[Interlude]
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 3]
Hmm
Self-absorbed
most of the ti
me
Obsessed with sex and suicide
Thе dreams of
Texas girls go
ne by
I liе like California
Stumbling over
all the state
s
Mumblin' like a basket case
"Oh, love is l
ike a rattlesn
ake
Before it bites it tries to warn ya"
[Chorus]
But my heart i
s just a littl
e boy
Holding hands
like brand new
toys
Drunk on freed
om, stuck on c
hoice
Just cooing fo
r the rattle's
noise
[Verse 4]
Hmm
Out of town an
d two clicks p
ast
I found the We
stern diamondb
ack
It blocks my s
elf-destructiv
e path
I laugh, it sh
akes its tail
Says, "If you
hurt all of yo
ur friends
And disappear
around the ben
d
You bet, you c
ome right back
again
And try to lov
e though you m
ay fail"
[Outro]
Ooh
Ooh