Rattler And The Devil's Whip
Recorded by Lanie Gardner
Album: Faded Polaroids (2025)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(Em) / (G) / |(Em) / (G) Mmm, |(Em)mmm / (G) / |(Em) / (G) / |

(Chorus)
(Em)Down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip
(Am)People go missing on the (G)Blue Ridge
Take (Em)heed to a warning when its (G)given to you
(Am)Don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too, (Em) (G) ooh (Am)

(Verse 1)
(Em)Mamaw used to say, "Don't you (G)go too far
And (C)don't you go whistling (Am)after dark
And never (Em)look too hard up (G)into the trees
No, you (C)may not like what you (Am)see
There's a (Em)strange shade of blue in the (G)porch lights
And (C)things that call your name in the (Am)dead of the night
Keep a-(Em)way from the fog that moves a-(G)gainst the window
(C)Nothing out there's your (Am)friend"

(Chorus)
(Em)Down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip
(Am)People go missing on the Blue Ridge
Take (Em)heed to a warning when its (G)given to you  
(Am)Don't mock the mountains or they'll (Em) take you too

(Post-Chorus)
|(Em) / (G) ooh, |(Am)ooh / / / |(Em) / (G) / |(Am) Mmm .
 
(Verse 2)
Well, it's (Em)twenty-five miles over (G)two hundred turns
That's where the (C)Harleys hum and the (Am)rubber burns
If you (Em)find yourself unlucky off the (G)beaten path
No, you (C)may not be making it (Am)back

(Chorus)
(Em)Down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip
(Am)People go missing on the Blue Ridge
Take (Em)heed to a warning when its (G)given to you
(Am)Don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too, (Em) (G) ooh, oh, (Am)oh

(Post-Chorus)
Take you too, (Em) uh-huh (G) / (Am) / / /

(Interlude)
|(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |

(Bridge)
(Em)Down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip (Am)
Well, (Em)down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip (Am)

(Chorus)
(Em)Down near the Rattler and the (G)Devil's Whip
(Am)People go missing on the Blue Ridge
Take (Em)heed to a warning when its (G)given to you
(Am)Don't mock the mountains or they'll take you too (Em) (G) (Am)

(Outro.)
|(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |
|(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |(Em) / (G) / |(Am) / / / |
|(Em) / (G) / |(Am) - - - - -