Snakeskin Boots (and Ella Langley)

Intro:
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   Dm   G   Bb   A
   Dm   A   Dm   C
   G    Dm

Verse 1:
Dm
Once upon another time
     C
When angels ruled Mulholland Drive
G                            Dm
Long before she left Los Angeles
     Dm
Like roses on a black lapel
C
One by one they all just fell
     G                            Dm
Like stars into the Hills of Beverly

Pre-chorus:
(nc)           Dm                   C
It's just an illusion, smoke in the mirror, she'll disappear
         G           Dm
Even the losin' is a red-lip souvenir

Chorus:
                Dm
If the good all die young (Die young)
         C
She gon' slip a hangman's noose
         G
Stealin' diamonds (Diamonds)
       Dm
In her snakeskin boots
       Dm
If you ask her (If you ask her)
        C
How she shook the devil loose
         G
Boy, I'm faster (Yeah, I'm faster)
      Dm                                                     C
In my snakeskin, snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)

Post-chorus:
          G                                 Dm
Snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)
                    Dm                               C
She's always on the move (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)
                 G                                 Dm
In her snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Verse 2:
Dm
 Too cool for California
C
 You fool, let her tug-o'-war ya
G
 (Feels good, but she ain't good for ya)
Dm
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Pre-chorus:
               Dm                   C
It's just an illusion, smoke in the mirror, she'll disappear
         G           Dm
Even the losin' is a red-lip souvenir

Chorus:
                Dm
If the good all die young (Die young)
         C
She gon' slip a hangman's noose
         G
Stealin' diamonds (Diamonds)
       Dm
In her snakeskin boots
       Dm
If you ask her (If you ask her)
        C
How she shook the devil loose
         G
Boy, I'm faster (Yeah, I'm faster)
      Dm                                                     C
In my snakeskin, snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)

Post-chorus:
          G                                 Dm
Snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)
                    Dm                               C
She's always on the move (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...)
                 G                                 Dm
In her snakeskin boots (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Bridge:
       Dm
Go on, turn that horse around
            C
And keep on ridin', come on
       G
Go on, turn that horse around
            Dm
And keep on ridin', come on now, baby
Dm                 C
 Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
G                  Dm
 Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

Chorus:
                Dm
If the good all die young (Die young)
         C
She gon' slip a hangman's noose
         G
Stealin' diamonds (Diamonds)
       Dm
In her snakeskin boots
       Dm
If you ask her (If you ask her)
        C
How she shook the devil loose
         G
Boy, I'm faster (Yeah, I'm faster)
      Dm
In my snakeskin, snakeskin boots

                Dm
If the good all die young (Die young)
         C
She gon' slip a hangman's noose (Slip a hangman's noose)
         G
Stealin' diamonds (Diamonds)
       Dm
In her snakeskin boots
       Dm
If you ask her (If you ask her)
        C
How she shook the devil loose
         G
Boy, I'm faster (Yeah, I'm faster)
      Dm
In my snakeskin, snakeskin boots

Post-chorus:
                           C
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...
(Go on, turn that horse around and keep on ridin')
          G
Snakeskin boots
                           Dm
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...
(Go on, turn that horse around and keep on ridin')
                    Dm
She's always on the move
                           C
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh...
(Go on, turn that horse around and keep on ridin')
                 G
In her snakeskin boots
                           Dm
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(Go on, turn that horse around and keep on ridin')

(Fade Out)

Outro:
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