The tale of solomon snell Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]List[E]en i[Am]f you will, I have a tale to tell.
Of an unfortu[Dm]nate [Am]man,
the name of Solomon Snell,
And [G]the philosophy [F]he should
have embraced,
That [Am]says no [Em]matter what you do,
You'll [D]never be safe.

[Verse 2]
[D]
[Am]Ring the bell, [E]ring the [Am]bell
For Solomon Snell.
[F]Too much trust,
Is [D]the road to Hell
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Rightfully nervous,
He took every pre[D]caution,
[Am]He paid three armed men[F]
[Am]to d[Dm]rive him t[Am]o Boston.
But [G]wouldn't you know it,
he was [F]broke on arrival.
His [Em]own men robbed him
and [D]took off in style.

[Verse 4]
[D]
[Am]So he wanted to marry,
a girl [D]who was [Am]true,
And on the basis [F]of her name
[Am]he would fidelity prove.
She had a [G]handsome cousin she
would [F]visit in Charlotte.
Well she [Em]said he was her cousin,
[D]The brazen harlot.

[Verse 5]
[D]
Ring [Am]the bell, [E]ring the bell
[Am]For Solomon Snell.
He [F]played it safe,
And it [D]didn't end well.

[Verse 6]
Ring the [Am]bell, [E]ring the bell
[Am]For Solomon Snell.
[F]Too much trust
Is the [D]road to hell.

[Verse 7]
[D]He [Am]caught yellow fever,
Down Charleston way.
Before you knew it,
they were digging his grave.
But he was [G]most terrified
of being [F]buried alive.
And so [Em]to his finger a b[D]ell was tied.

[Verse 8]
[D]
You see [Am]Snell had arranged
for a man to [D]be [Am]paid,
To listen [Dm]for the [F]bell when
[Am]he was buried in his grave.
But [G]the man got drunk,
and when the [F]bell did sound,
[Em]Solomon lived but [G]he s[D]tayed in the ground.

[Verse 9]
[D]
No [Dm]one heard a sound.

[Verse 10]
[Dm]
Ring [Am]the bell, [E]ring the bell
[Am]For Solomon Snell.
[F]Too much trust is [D]the road to hell.

[Verse 11]
Ring [Am]the bell, [E]ring the bell
[Am]For Solomon Snell.
You can [F]play it safe,
But it [D]wont end well.

[Verse 12]
You [D]can play [Dm]it sa[F]fe,[Dm][F][Dm]
But it [D]wont end well.
You can [Dm]play it safe,

[Outro 1]
But it wont end well
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