| D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | D


In the fields of the lord
      G            D
Stood Abel and Cain
               G
Cain slew Abel 'neath the black rain
                               Bm          A
At night he couldn't stand the guilt or the blame
                G    D
So he gave it a name
                G    D
So he gave it a name
                G A  D | G | D | G | D
So he gave it a name 

                 G                D
Billy got drunk, angry at his wife
                 G
He hit her once, he hit her twice
                     Bm                        A
At night he'd lie in bed, he couldn't stand the shame
                G    D
So he gave it a name
                G    D
So he gave it a name
                G A  D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | D | G | D
So he gave it a name 

                           G             D
Pa told me "Son, one thing I know is true
                        G
Poison snake bites you, you're poison too"
                         Bm                      A
At night I can feel that poison runnin' 'round my veins 

| A | G | D | G | D | G | A | D | G...



The original guitar is tuned down 1 
step and plays the chords 2 bars higher:
D                 G
E|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|
G|-9--9-7--9-9--9--|-2--2-2--2-2--2-|
D|-9--9-11-9-9--9--|-2--2-4--2-2--2-|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--|-0--0-0--0-0--0-|
E|-----------------|----------------|
(play /w a lot of percusive strokes)