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Intro:
Riff 1:
E :---------------------------------------------------------------------
B :----------------------------------------------------------------------
G :----------------------------------------------------------------------
D :-4--6--7--9--11--9--7--6--4-7--6-9--7-11--9-13--11-14--9-13--7-11--6-9
A :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
F# :--00-00-00-00-00-00-00--00---00---00----00----00----00-----00---00-----
Riff 2a: 'Rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattles me'
E :-------------------------------
B :------------------------------
G :-11--9---11--9---11--9---8-8-6 x2
D :---11------11------11---------
A :------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------
Riff 2b:
E :-------------------------
B :--------------------------
G :-4--6---4--6--4--6--8-8-6-
D :---4-----4-----4---------- Play once, then repeat Riff 2a once more.
A :--------------------------
F# :--------------------------
Riff 3:
E :-------------------------------
B :-------------------------------
G :-------------------------------
D :-------------------------------
A :-4---------------4--------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Repeat riff 1: 'Isolation, trepidation..'
Repeat riff 2a & 2b: 'Rattlesnake, rattlesnake..'
Riff 4:
E :-----------------------------
B :------------------------------
G :--11-14--13-16---14-18--------
D :------------------------------- Play x2 - This part is played on keys but it's fun to play anyway.
A :-------------------------4-------
F# :-0----0-0-----0-0----0-0--0-0-0-0-
Repeat riff 1: 'Vegetation, aggravation..'
Repeat riff 2a & 2b: 'Rattlesnake, rattlesnake..'
Riff 5:
'Rattle, rattle, rattle..'
E :-----------------------------------------------------
B :-----------------------------------------------------
G :------------------------------------------------------
D :-------------------------11-11-9-7-6--4-7---6-9---7-11 Play x4
A :-4---------------4------------------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0----0-0---0-0----
Repeat riff 1: 'Hibernation, altercation..'
Repeat riff 2a and 2b: 'Rattlesnake, rattlesnake..'
Repeat riff 5*: 'Rattle, rattle, rattle..'
*End riff 5 like this
E :------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------
G :------------------------------------------
D :--------------------------11-11-9-7-6-4-4~ (let ring)
A :-4---------------4------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-
Bass part: (Just play constant F#)
Riff 6: This is where I like to turn my distortion pedal on for a more gritty rock sound
E :-----------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------
G :------------------------------------------------
D :-4--------------4----------------4--------------4
A :-------------------------------------------------
F# :--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Riff 7: 'I'm the serpent, devil servant..'
E :----------------------------------
B :----------------------------------
G :-----------------------------------
D :---------------4--4--7---7--9--11--9
A :-2--4--2--4--6---6-----9------------
F# :------------------------------------
Riff 8a: 'Fangs are ready for the strike..'
E :------------------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------------
G :-9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-
D :-------------------------------------------------------
A :-------------------------------------------------------
F# :-------------------------------------------------------
Riff 8b: 'Screaming like a maniac..'
E :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------------------------------
G :-11-12-11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11-12-11-12-11---11-12-11
D :-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A :-------------------------------------------------------------------------
F# :-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 8c: 'Sweat drips out of every pore as I bite you more and more and more and..'
E :---------------------------------------------------
B :---------------------------------------------------
G :-16-15-16-15-16-16-15-16---15-16-15-16-15-16-16-15-16
D :-----------------------------------------------------
A :-----------------------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------------------
Riff 8d: 'Take one last look at your captor..'
E :---------------------------------------
B :----------------------------------------
G :-20-18-20-18-20-20-18-20---18-20-18-20-18
D :-----------------------------------------
A :-----------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------
Riff 8e: 'And hear my tail rattling til you're dead/Rattling til you're dead..'
E :---------------------
B :-17-17-17-17-17-19-19
G :---------------------
D :--------------------- Play x2
A :----------------------
F# :----------------------
Weird horn/Wah guitar part (Constant F#)
Repeat Riff 4: 'Rattle, rattle, rattle..' x2
Riff 9:
E :--------------------------------------
B :---------------------------------------
G :-6---4----------------6---4------------ x2
D :---7---4-4-5-7-5-2-4----7---4-4-5-7-5-4
A :---------------------------------------
F# :----------------------------------------
Repeat riff 6
Riff 10:
E :------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------
G :-2-1--2-1-2-1-2-4-2--9-8-6-4-2-1-2-1-2-1--
D :-----------------------------------------4 x2
A :------------------------------------------
F# :------------------------------------------
Riff 11:
E :-----------------------------------------------
B :------------------------------------------------
G :---------------------------------------2--0----- x2
D :-2--4--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4------4---
A :-------------------------------------------------
F# :-----------------------------------------------
Repeat riff 4: 'Rattle, rattle, rattle..' x4
Repeat riff 7 and all of 8 a-e: 'I'm the serpent, Devil servant..'
Repeat riff 5: 'Rattle, rattle, rattle..'
Repeat riff 1: 'Isolation, trepidation..'
Repeat riff 2a and 2b: 'Rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattlesnake, rattles me..'
*Fade-out outro*
Written by Stu Mackenzie