Now I Am A Cobra

F                      C                                E
Oh, you would do it so slow, like you’re walking on glass
                   Am                G                    F
Oh, you always held back, I never thought 'bout the cause
                      C                           E
I just took and I took, I sought more than I should
                Am             G              F
I regret that I can no longer do what is right
                          C                     E
How far you fall in your sleep is determined by me
                      Am         G        F
In the waking hours of our coexistence

F                    C
Honey, forgive my ways
                     E                      Am              G             F
It will all fade away if you let it just stumble out the back of your mind
                      C                               E
Oh, it’s a fortunate day when I can feel for your face
                     Am                G              F
Pressed up like a child’s cheek on detention hall glass
                          C                          E
Oh, summer came and it went, I’m feeling wicked and dim
                        Am             G          F
And now it’s time to repent for my calamitous sins

F                      C
This is a terrible curse
                            E
Oh, there ain’t nothing worse
                        Am         G               F
Than to be let down in soul-crushing, doleful fashion
                  C                        E
So I beg and I plead, please go easy on me
                    Am               G              F
I despise the way I doom things in the first scene

F            C          E
I will not wait in the wings
      Am
I am a cobra now
F            C          E
I will not wait in the wings
      Am
I am a cobra now
F             C          E
I will not die in the grass
       Am
I am a wild fire
F           C             E
I will not die in the grass
         Am
I am a cobra now

Interlude
F C E Am-G (x2)

F                        C
Oh, we’re the fortunate ones
                       E
We are the fortunate ones
                         Am               G              F
We are the fortunate ones and we complain 'bout our lives
                        C
No one feels sorry for me
                       E
No one feels sorry for me
                       Am
No one feels sorry for me
         G           F
I am a cobra right now

F                     C
You would do it so slow
                          E
Like you know that it’s wrong
                          Am
And we’re both walking on glass
          G               F
I feel I’ve lost it so soon
                        C
No one feels sorry for me
                       E
No one feels sorry for me
                      Am
No one feels sorry for me
          G            F
I am a cobra right now

F                    C
You would do it so slow
                          E
Like you know that it’s wrong
                           Am
And we’re both walking on glass
           G              F
I feel I’ve lost it so soon