Chords for Genesis - The Lamia (Fleesh Version)

[C] _ _ The sun grows [G] richer, _ [Am] he knows he must be [B] near
He [F] finds a [Em] long _ passageway [A] lit by _ _ chandelier
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Each step he takes, [G] the perfumes change
From [Am] familiar fragrance to [G] flavors strange
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_ _ [Em] Magnificent chamber meets [A] his eye
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Inside a long [Em] rosewater pool, [Am] he's shrouded by [Em] fine mist
_ _ [F] Stepping in the [Em] moist silence, [F#m] with a warm breath he's gently _ kissed
_ [C] _ Thinking he is [Bm] quite alone, [Am] he enters the room [Bm] as if it were his own
[F] The ripples on [Em] the sweet pink water [A] reveal some company _ unsought
[C#m] There who stands astonished, [A] [B] nocturnal sight
Is stripped [A] by beauty, [F#m] equipped [E] in fright
_ [C#m] Three _ vermilion snakes are firm [B] their face
The smallest [A] motion filled with [E] _
grace
[F#] _ [G#m] Muted [D#m] melodies [F#] fill [C#] the [D#] echoing hall _ _ _
_ [G#m] But there [D#m] is [F#] no sight of [C#] [F#] Odin, [C#] here the siren's [D#] call
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] Great [D#m] _
[F#] welcome, we [Fm] are in [Cm] Lemuel
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[Dm] For _ [Am] _ _ [A#] we [F] have been waiting [A#] for [F] our waters [Gm] to bring [D] you home
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[F] _ _ [C] _ Fighting fear [Bm] beside him, [Am] he trusts in beauty [Dm] blind
His lips into [Em] the nectar, leaving [A] his shredded clothes _ behind
_ [C] With their tongues they taste and [Am] judge, _ _ all that is [Dm] mine _
[F] They move in [Em] a series of caresses [A] that glid up and down [F] my spine _ _
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[C] As they [Em] nibble the fruit of my [Am] flesh, I feel [Dm] no pain _ _ _
Only [Em] a magic, at [A] a name of stain
With _ [C] _
the first drop [G] of my blood in their veins
[Am] Their faces are convulsed in [Bm] mortal pains
[F] The fairest grace [Em] we all have loved [F#m] in our realm
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ He tempts his snake like bloody [B] foes
A sudden [A] sorrow in [F#m] [E] empty bones
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ A sickly soul now spills [B] the room
The bitter [A] harvest of [F#m] a dying [E] _ _ [F#] gold
[G#m] Looking [D#m] for motion [F#] and all [C#] I will [D#] not _ find
_ _ _ _ [G#m] Strike [D#m] the cross [F#] now, turn [C#] and bow, [F#] and we'll [C#] send way [D#] in _ time _ _ _
_ [G#m] A [D#m] roaring [A#m] male flies, [Fm] staring, makes [G#] out, take [Gm] a _ _ [Am] swoon
_ [A#] He is [F] the scent of [A#] garlic, [F] the [Gm] niggers are my joke, [D] not fake [Gm] now
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_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bm] behind me, _ [Am] the water turns icy [D] blue
_ _ [F] The lights are dimmed, [Em] and once again the [F#m] stage will _ _ _ set
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