Snake in the Tree (@ music club)

Snake in the Tree
By Dave Robinson 13 August 2016
[option to fingerpick verses, strum chorus]
pick: Am G D Em Em [G harp option]
Verse 1
Am what would you G like for your D breakfast Em madame?
C ‘I’d like to eat the snake’ said G eve to D adam
Am so the serpent G came but he D had a different Em plan
C gonna use the woman ..D… to deceive the Em man .. Em
Verse 2
Am ‘why don’t you G eat of the D apple’ said Em he
C ‘oh no!’ said eve, ‘that tree’s G forbidden to D me’
Am but the serpent G persisted, ‘are D you sure of Em that?’
‘fruit is C good for you and ..D… it won’t make you Em fat’ .. Em
Verse 3
‘take a Am look at the G apple, see it’s D juicy and Em round
C here’s not the only place that G it can be D found
Am the tree has G plenty and they’ll D all go to Em waste
so-why-not C pick one today... D and have a secret Em taste’ .. Em
Verse 4
the Am glint in his G eye persuaded D eve to give it a Em try
C the taste was good and her G spirits were D high
Am she took it to G adam and D he ate of it Em too
C take heed of this..D… it can happen to Em you .. Em
CHORUS (deliberate strum)
Am remember this G reality
D and be aware of the C snake in the tree
Am he will destroy what G God has created
the D story is old but..C… it’s never Em outdated .. Em
pick: Am G D Em Em
Verse 5
Am the man and the G woman, each one D stared in Em shame
C there was a mixture of G guilt and D blame
Am they were ill-at-G-ease, so they D covered up with Em leaves
C innocence lost .. D .. they were left to Em grieve .. Em
Verse 6
Am then the master came a G walking in the D cool of the Em day
but he C found them covered, G ashamed where they D lay
Am when he saw the G fig leaf and the D fear on their Em face
he C knew for sure that .. D they had dis-Em-obeyed .. Em
Verse 7
to Am adam he G spake: ‘D what have you Em done?’
C ‘did you eat of the G fruit of the D forbidden one?’
Am ‘well the woman G gave me to D eat’, said Em he
C ’twas the serpent who tricked us D both …’, said Em she .. Em
Verse 8
Am the lord was G displeased D with his Em protégé
C he vowed they’d pay for the G rest of their D day
Am hard work and G toil, by the D sweat of their Em brow
C to earn a living..D .. and it’s still that way Em now .. Em
CHORUS deliberate strum)
Am remember this G reality
D and be aware of the C snake in the tree
Am he will destroy what G God has created
the D story is old but..C… it’s never Em outdated .. Em
pick: Am G D Em Em
Copyright: David A Robinson, 2016

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