Chords for Genesis - The Lamia (Live 1975)

[B] _ The scent [Bbm] grows richer _
[Abm] He knows he must be [Bbm] near
_ _ [E]
He finds a long
[Ebm] _ passageway lit by [Fm] _ _ chandelier
_ _ _ [B]
Each step he [Bbm] takes
perfumes change [Abm] from familiar fragrance [Bbm] to flavors strange [E] _
a
[Ebm] Magnificent chamber _ [F] needs his eye
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [B] _
Inside [Bbm] a long rosewater pool [Abm] is shrouded by [Bbm] fine mist
_ _ [E] _
Stepping in the [Ebm] moist silence [Fm] with a warm breeze.
He's gently kissed
_ _ [B]
Thinking _ [Bbm] he is quite alone
[Abm] He enters the room [Bbm] as if it were his own [E] but ripples on [Ebm] the sweet pink water
[Fm]
Reveals some company _ [F] unthought [Cm] of
[Ab] Real stands [Cm] astonished
[Ab] _ [Gm] Doubting his sight
[Ab] struck by beauty
[Fm] gripped [Eb] in fright
_ [Cm] _ [Ab] three
Vermilion [Cm] snakes [Ab] of female [Gm] face smallest [Ab] motion _ [D] _ [Eb] grace
_ [F] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] Melodies [F] fill [C] the [D] echoing hall
_ But _
_ [Gm] _ [D] there is [F] no sign [C] of
[F] Normal [C] in the [D] sirens _ call
_ _ _ _ _ They are well, [Am] we [E] are the land [Bm] of [Gbm] the
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ [A] We [E] have been waiting [A] for [E] our [Gbm] waters to bring you [Dbm] cool
[Gbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ I
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[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Fm] _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ Putting fear [Bbm]
beside him [Abm] he trusts in beauty [Bbm]
blind
He [E] slips into the [Ebm]
nectar
_ [Fm] Leaving his shredded clothes behind
_ _ [B] With their tongues [Bbm] they test taste and judge
[Abm] _ _ All that [Bbm] is mine
[E] They move in a [Ebm]
series of caresses [F] the glide up and down [E] my spine _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Dbm] _ [B] _ _ Singable [Bbm] the fruit of my flesh.
[Abm] I feel [Bbm] no pain
_ _ [E] _ Only [Ebm] a magic
That [Fm] a name won't stay _
With _ [B] the first drop [Bbm] of my blood in their veins [Abm] their faces are [Bbm] convulsed in mortal pains
[E] _ Various cries [Ebm]
we all have [Fm] loved you
_ Each _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ empty [Cm] snake like [Ab] body [Gm] floats silent [Ab] sorrow
_ [Fm] _ [Eb] boss _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] a [Eb] sickly [Ab] sourness
fills [Gm] the room the [Ab] bitter _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] [Gm] Motion _ [Dm] _
[F] I know [C] I will [D] not find _ _ _ a
[Gm] _ [Dm] Stroke your cause [F] now turn in [C] pain [F] you wish [C] I'd laid [D] in _ twine _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [D] Your _ [Am]
flesh that [E] remains [Bm] I will take [Gbm] us _ _
[Dbm] _ [E] _ [A] The _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [Dbm] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bb]
water [Ebm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ turns [Bbm] icy _ blue
[E] _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ The [Ab] stage
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[Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
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_ [Bbm] _ [Gb] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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