Get On The Snake


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 15:50:47 -0600 From: ponies2@computek.net (Keith Barron) Subject: Get On The Snake - Soundgarden Song: Get On The Snake Band: Soundgarden Album: Louder Than Love Tuning: Standard Here's a really cool song. Most of its in 9/4 time though...so you can't dance to it. Intro: (1/4) (4/4) Hoo! G------||-----------------|----------------|-------------------| D-DRUM-||o----------------|----------------|-------------------| A-FILL-||o----------------|----------------|-------------------| E------||--3b--5-3-5-3-5--|-3b--5-3-5-3-5--|-3b--5-3-5-/8-7-5--| Play 3 times G-----------------|| D----------------o|| A----------------o|| E-3b--5-3-5-3-5---|| Don't play the last bar the third time and hold the last note for 2 more beats. Guit. 2 comes in the second time playing this with harmonics: Play 3 1/2 times E||-------------------------|---------------------------|| B||-------------------------|-----7-7-7-----------------|| G||o----7-7-7---------------|------------7-7-7---------o|| D||o-----------7-7-7----7---|-------------------7---7--o|| A||-------------------7---7-|---------------------7-----|| E||-------------------------|---------------------------|| Hold the last note there as well. Verse: (9/4) Play 4X G||-----------------------------------------------------|| D||o---------------------------------------------------o|| A||o-7----5------------------5h7--5--------------------o|| E||------------7--5--3--0--------------7--5--3--0-------|| Chorus: (9/4) G---------------------------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------| A-7----5------------------5h7--5--------------------| D-----------7--5--3--0--------------7--5--3--5------| (4/4) G-------------------------|---------------------------| D-------------------------|---------------------------| A-5h7--5------------------|----------5-h-7------------| E-----------7--5--3--6----|-(6)-------------5--0------| Then play the 2 other verses like above but gtr. 2 plays these notes instead of the 7 and 5 on the A string: 2nd Verse: 3rd Verse: E------------|--------------| B--9----7----|--5-----3-----| G--9----7----|--7b----5b----| D--9----7----|--------------| A------------|--------------| E------------|--------------| Play this after the last chorus and during solo: (4/4) Play alot G||-----------------------|--------------------------------|| D||o----------------------|-------------------------------o|| A||o-5--------------------|------5h7--5-------------------o|| E||------0----7--5--3--0--|-(0)------------7--5--3--0------|| Then play: (4/4) G------------|------------|------------|------------| D------------|------------|------------|------------| A--7--5------|-(5)--------|------------|------------| E------------|------------|--7--5------|-(5)--------| (Bass starts playing the solo riff) G------------|------------|------------|------------| D------------|------------|------------|------------| A------------|------------|------------|------------| E--3--0------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------| FEEDBACK^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Outro is: (4/4) G||---9--------|-/13--------|-\9--------|-\7--------| D||o-----------|------------|-----------|-----------| A||o--7--------|-/11--------|-\7--------|-\5--------| E||------------|------------|-----------|-----------| G|-/9----------|-/14--------|-\13-------|-\9--------|| D|-------------|------------|-----------|----------o|| A|-/7----------|-/12--------|-\11-------|-\7-------o|| E|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------|| G||--99999999--|-/1313131313-|-\1111111111-|-/1414141414--|| D||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| A||o-77777777--|-/1111111111-|-\-9-9-9-9-9-|-/1212121212-o|| E||------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| End with this: E--0-----------------|| B--------------------|| G--9-----------------|| D--------------------|| A--7-----------------|| E--0-----------------|| Lyrics: Get on the snake With a swarm of motor flies Get on the snake Under the Cola colored sky Don't worry, everything's clean Road worthy, hungry and mean Get on the snake Where the metal river bleeds Get on the snake Where you never will believe Hey baby, what's your disease My heart's bleeding, I'm dying to leave Get on the snake Where the water turns to steam Get on the snake With a suicide machine Don't worry, everything's clean Road worthy, hungry and mean Hungry and mean... Hungry and mean... The song is about a road. Not a penis. I'm working on 'Full On Kev's Mom' because I couldn't find the tab anywhere and I figured I owed it to society to tab it out. Also coming soon: 'I Awake' 'Hands All Over' I want the tab to 'No Wrong, No Right'