Snake Oil:By Steve Earle


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Ladies and gentalmen,attention please

Come in close so everyone can see
       D                              A
Igot a tale and a listen don't cost a dime
       E                                           A
And If you believe that we're gonna get along just fine


        A
Now I've been travelin'all around

I heard trouble come to your town
     D                                              A
I've got a little somethin' guaranteed to ease your mind
             E                                                 A
It's called snake oil ya'll and it's been around a long,long time

(the 3rd and 4th and 5th verses are the same)

Well the crops'll burn if don't rain soon
Ain't seen a drop since the tenth of June
Well I can Open up the sky,people have no fear
If you ain't impressed yet ,tell what you want to hear



Well you lost your farm,so you moved to town
Get a job,they shut the factory down
Now you sit roundall day feeling sad and blue
You need snake oil ya'll tell you what I'm goona do

       D                               A
I can heal the sick and Ican mend the lame
        D                                  E
And the blind shall see again,It's all the same


Well ain't your president good to you
Knocked em' dead in Libya and Granada too
Now he's taken' that show a little farther down the line
'Tween me and him people,you're gonna get along just fine



Called snake oil Ya'll   etc.....



Snake Oil taken from CD Copperhead Road
provided courtesy of (fortin@travelin.com)