Angry White Snail
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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
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