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Version 1

  
 Sinaloan Milk Snake Song
  
  (Everybody Ready? Uh Yeah! Um-Hmm.)
  C 		       G             G#                   C
  Sun Melts Everything Down, And The Hills Are Reduced To Nothing
  C		     G		      G#		  C
  The Whole House Shakes, And You Can See That The Coach Is Coming
  C		        G			F		C
  You Lean Down And You Pick Up The Small Soft Eggs In The Dust Outside My Door
    C	 		G	G#			C
  I Hold Them In My Hands, They Are Warm And The Air Is Warming Up Now
  C                     G     F               C
  I've Got A Message For You, If I Could Only Remember
  I've Got A Message For You, But You're Gonna Have To Come And Get It
  La La La La La La La La, La La La La La La La La
  
  Ever Since I Came Here, All I Could Think About Is Water
  Last Night They Brought The Fat Lamb In From The Fold
  But I Couldn't Bring Myself To Do Anything About It
  I Remember California, I Remember Malibu
  I Remember The States And The Names Of The Cities But I Don't Remember You
  
  And I've Got A Message For You, If I Could Only Remember
  I've Got A Message For You, But You're Gonna Have To Come And Get It
  I've Got A Message For You, I've Got A Message For You, 2 3 4
  La La La La La La La La, La La La La La La La La (2X, Etc.)
  Ya!
  Whoo
  Huh-Huh-Huh Huh Huh
  Ay
  [Laughs]
  

Version 2

Capo 2 in E-Standard

I think this works a bit better with the album version of this song.
The verses follow an E-B-C (I-V-vi) format, while the chorus changes to E-B-A (I-V-IV)

E		        B            C                 E
  Sun Melts Everything Down, And The Hills Are Reduced To Nothing
  E		     B		      C		      E
  The Whole House Shakes, And You Can See That The Coach Is Coming
  E		        B			C		E
  You Lean Down And You Pick Up The Small Soft Eggs In The Dust Outside My Door
  E	 		B	  C			E
  I Hold Them In My Hands, They Are Warm And The Air Is Warming Up Now
  E                     B     A               E
  I've Got A Message For You, If I Could Only Remember
  E                     B     A                        E
  I've Got A Message For You, But You're Gonna Have To Come And Get It
  E              B            A        E
  La La La La La La La La, La La La La La La La La

...and so on. 

V.2 by Trevor Smith