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Snakes

Bastille

RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

FmDiagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
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D#Diagram coming soon
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: x4 
 
Fm              C# 
Ooouh, I'm not ready 
A#m             D# 
Ooouh, I'm not ready 
 
 
Verso 1 
C#                        Fm 
Snakes are battening our hills 
                       C# D# 
They followed from the grass 
C#                      Fm 
I'll keep keeping them away 
             C#                 D# 
What if my result just can not last 
 
 
Pre-Refrão 
C#          Fm 
If I'm not ready 
C#             D# 
Life will just eat me whole 
C#           Fm 
If I'm not steady 
C#           D# 
Maybe I'll lose control 
 
 
 
          G#    G#/C  C# G# 
But it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
           G#    G#/C  C# G# 
Yes, it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
         Fm          
Yeah, I know, I know, I know 
             C#           G# 
it's not the right way to go 
          Fm                                        C# G# 
but I'm afraid that the ground will just swallow me whole 
 
 
Verso 2 
C#                       Fm 
Now, the sky is getting dark 
                     C#              D# 
Can't you hear the thunder start to roar 
   C#                     Fm 
So I'll be picking up the phase 
                         C#              D# 
Block all things that'd rather just not knock 
 
 
Pre-Refrão 
C#          Fm 
If I'm not ready 
C#             D# 
Life will just eat me whole 
C#           Fm 
If I'm not steady 
C#           D# 
Maybe I'll lose control 
 
 
 
          G#    G#/C  C# G# 
But it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
           G#    G#/C  C# G# 
Yes, it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
         Fm          
Yeah, I know, I know, I know 
             C#           G# 
it's not the right way to go 
          Fm                                        C# G# 
but I'm afraid that the ground will just swallow me whole 
           Fm                                        C# G# 
Yes, I'm afraid that the ground will just swallow me whole 
 
G# C# Fm D# x2 
 
Pre-Refrão 
G# 
If I'm not ready 
G# 
Life will just eat me whole 
G# 
If I'm not steady 
G# 
Maybe I'll lose control 
 
 
 
          G#    G#/C  C# G# 
But it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
           G#    G#/C  C# G# 
Yes, it's easier  to   bu-ry 
Fm              C#      G# 
my head in the sand sometimes 
         Fm          
Yeah, I know, I know, I know 
             C#           G# 
it's not the right way to go 
          Fm                                        C# G# 
but I'm afraid that the ground will just swallow me whole 
        Fm          
Yes, I know, I know, I know 
             C#           G# 
it's not the right way to go 
          Fm                                        C# G# 
but I'm afraid that the ground will just swallow me whole

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Chord set

Fm · C# · A#m · D# · G# · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.