Angry White Snail

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Year: 1996
Album: Grand Necropolitan

VERSE 1
 
He’s an  
G 
angry white  
F 
snail
 
Ex
G 
posed on a film set of cardboard and lace
 
He  
F 
paws at a woman and spits in her face
F 
Waiting 
 
 
E 
for 
 
 
Eb 
wood – but to no a
F 
vail
 
It is  
G 
not in his  
F 
gift
 
He’s  
G 
far too affected by the anger he feels
 
Against  
F 
those who have made him to strip and to kneel
F 
Primed,
E 
aimed and  
Eb 
lit – a sack of up
F 
lift
INTERLUDE 1
 
He  
C#m 
crawls and leaves his  
Adim 
grease
 
On a  
C#m 
thousand nylon bed
Adim 
sheets
 
And he  
C#m 
hates his shape, his state, his scape
 
And the  
Adim 
silver slime that gleams in his wake
 
How can the  
C#m 
crown of creation have come to such a state
 
Look boy,  
Adim 
silver gleaming out there in his wake
VERSE 2
 
Under  
G 
cover of  
F 
war
G 
Many’s the grudge borne at neighbour or friend
 
Can be  
F 
settled in earnest before battle’s end
F 
Far from  
E 
home, far from  
Eb 
law, under cover of  
F 
war (the cover of war)
 
In its  
G 
absence, life’s no  
F 
good
 
Man must  
G 
give way to woman, now logic applies
 
And  
F 
listen to children and make like he’s wise
 
A  
F 
“force for  
E 
good” –  
Eb 
while just waiting for  
F 
wood
INTERLUDE 2/OUTRO
 
He  
C#m 
drinks and he bets on  
Adim 
geese
 
And he’s  
C#m 
good at signing grocery re
Adim 
ceipts, 
 
oh
 
For he’s  
C#m 
only shape and bluff and hate
 
And a  
Adim 
silver slime that gleams in his wake
 
How  
C#m 
such great things have gone to such waste?
 
Look at that  
Adim 
silver slime, smearing out in his wake
 
He’s an  
C#m 
angry white  
Adim 
snail
 
He’s an  
C#m 
angry white  
Adim 
snail
 
He’s an  
C#m 
angry white  
Adim 
snail
 
Shooby-doo-
C#m 
wah 
 
Shooby-doo-wah
 
Dooby-dooby-
Adim 
doo Shooby-doo shooby-doo-wah
 
B5 
 
G5 
 
B5 
 
G5 
 
B5 
 
G5 
 
B5 
 
G5