Cobra Tattoo

A7/G

[Verse 1: John Darnielle]
A7/G                  C#m      
Sun just clearing the treeline 
Bm          A
when my day begins
A7/G                C#m   
Slippery ice on the bridges, 
   Bm                       A
northeastern wind coming in
A7/G               C#m   Bm     
You will bruise my head, I will 
            A
strike your heel
A7/G                C#m          
Drive past woods of northern 
      A/E                  A7/G
pine, try not to let go of the wheel


[Chorus]
         C
Dream at night
            G        A
Girl with a cobra tattoo
       C
On her arm
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                 G         
Its head flaring out like a 
 A
parachute


[Intro]
A7/G C#m Bm A
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[Verse 2]
A7/G              C#m   Bm 
Prisms in the dew drops in the 
         A
underbrush
A7/G               C#m            
Skatecase sailor's purses floating
 Bm                A
 down in the black needlerush
A7/G            C#m   Bm        
Higher than the stars I will set
    A
 my throne
A7/G              C#m      Bm   
God does not need Abraham, God 
                       A
can raise children from stones


[Chorus]
         C
Dream at night
            G     A
Girl with a cobra tattoo
           C
And try to hear
                 G            
The garbled transmissions come 
 A
through


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