The Lamia Chords by Genesis

[B] _ _ The scent [Bbm] grows richer _
[Abm] He knows he must [Bbm] be near
He [E] _ finds a long [Ebm] _ passageway
lit [Fm] by _ chandelier
Each _ [B] _
step he [Bbm] takes the perfumes change [Abm] from familiar fragrance [Bbm] to flavors strange
[E] _
_ [Ebm] Magnificent chamber [Fm] meets his eye
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] Inside a [Bbm] long rose water pool [Abm] is shrouded by [Bbm] fine mist
_ _ [E] Stepping in the moist [Ebm] silence with the [Fm] warm breeze he's gently kissed
_ _ [B] _ Thinking he [Bbm] is quite alone
[Abm] He enters the room as [Bbm] if it were his own [E] but ripples on the [Ebm] sweet pink water
[Fm] reveals some company
He unthought [Cm] of
Lail [Ab] stands [Cm] astonished
[Ab] Doubting [Gm] his sight strut [Ab] by beauty [D] gripped [Eb] in fright _ _
[Cm] Three [Ab] vermilion snakes a female [Gm] face the smallest [Ab] motion [D] filled [Eb] with grace
_ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] Nutin at [F] Mellitus fill [C] the [D] echoing hall
But _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] there is [F] no sign [C] of warning [F] in [G] the silence [D] call _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [D] Well, welcome.
[Am] We [E] are the [Bm] lamia
_ [Gbm] We [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ _
[A] have [E] been waiting
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[Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Gbm] Putting [Db] _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ fear [Bbm] beside him [Abm] he trusts in [Bbm] beauty blind _
[E] He slips into [Ebm] the nectar
Leaving [Fm] his shredded clothes behind
With [B] their tongues [Bbm] they test taste and [Abm] judge
_ _ [Bbm] All that is mine
[E] They move in [Ebm] a series of caresses [Fm] that glide up and down my [E] spine _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
As they nibble [Bbm] the fruit of my [Abm] flesh.
I feel [Bbm] no pain
_ _ [E] _
Only [Ebm] a magic that [Fm] a name would stain
_ With _ [B]
the first drop of [Bbm] my blood in their [Abm] veins their faces are [Bbm] convulsed in mortal pains
[E] The fairest cries [Ebm] we all have loved [Fm] you _
Each _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] empty snake like body [Gm] floats _ silent [Ab] sorrow [D] empty [Eb] boats _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] As sickly [Cm] sadness [Ab] fills [Gm] the room the bitter [Ab] harvest of a [Fm] dying [Eb] bloom
_ [Gm] _ Looking [Dm] for motion.
[F] I know [C] I will not [D] find
_ _ Stroke _ _ [Gm] the [Dm] curls now [F] turning [C] pale [F] in which [C] I'd lain in [D] _ twine _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Oh
[D] Lamia [Am] your flesh that [E] remains I [Bm] will take as [Gbm] my food
[Dbm] _ _
[Abm] _ [A] It [E] is the [A] scent of [E] garlic that [Gbm] lingers on my chocolate [Dbm] [Gbm] fingers
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_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] water turns icy [Bbm] blue
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Sedent
_ [Ebm] _ Again the [Fm] stage is set for _ you
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