Chords for Genesis - The Lamia (Official Audio)

[B] _ The scent [Bbm] grows richer, _ [Abm] he knows he must be [Bbm] near
He [E] finds a long [Ebm] _ passageway [Fm] lit by chandelier
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step he takes [Bbm] the perfumes change
[Abm] From familiar fragrance [Bbm] to flavors [E] strange
A magnificent [Ebm] chamber _ [Fm] meets his _ eye
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] Inside a [Bbm] long rose water pool [Abm] he's shrouded by fine [Bbm] mist
_ _ [E] _ Stepping in the [Ebm] moist silence [Fm] with a warm breeze he's gently kissed
_ _ [B] _ Thinking he [Bbm] is quite alone [Abm] he enters the room as if [Bbm] it were his own
[E] But ripples on [Ebm] the sweeping water [Fm] reveal some company unthought of
[Cm] Rail [Ab] stands [Cm] astonished, [Ab] doubting [Gm] his sight
Strut by [Ab] beauty, gripped in [Eb] fright _ _ _
[Cm] Three [Ab] vermilion snakes, a female [Gm] face
The smallest [Ab] motion filled [Eb] with grace
_ [F] _ [Gm] New [Dm] technologies [F] fill [C] the [D] echoing hall _
But _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] there is no [F] sign [C] of warning [F] in [G] the [D] siren's call _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Rail, [D] welcome, [Am] we are [E] the lamia [Bm] of [Gbm] the pool
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[A] We have [E] been waiting [A] for [E] our waters [Gbm] to bring you [Dbm] cool
[Gbm] _ [Db] Putting _
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_ _ [B] _ _ fear [Bbm] beside him, [Abm] he trusts in beauty [Bbm] blind _
[E] He slips into [Ebm] the nectar, leaving [Fm] his shredded clothes behind _
_ [B] With their tongues they [Bbm] test, taste and catch [Abm] _ all [Bbm] that is mine
[E] They move in a [Ebm] series of caresses [Fm] that glide up and down my [E] spine _ _
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As they nibble [Bbm] the fruit of my [Abm] flesh I feel [Bbm] no pain
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Only [Ebm] a magic that [Fm] a name would stain
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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 well
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[Ab] Each empty snake-like body [Gm] floats
Silent [Ab] sorrow it [D] empties [Eb] both _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] As the _ [Cm] gleefulness [Ab] fills the [Gm] 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
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] I stroke the [Dm] curls now [F] turning [C] pale
[F] In which I'd [C] lain _ [D] entwined _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Oh [D] lamia, [Am] your flesh that [E] remains I [Bm] will take as [Gbm] my food
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[Abm] _ [A] In [E] the scent [A] of garlic that [E] [Gbm] lingers on my chocolate [Dbm] [Gbm] fingers
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Looking [Bbm] behind _ _ [Abm] the water turns icy [Bbm] blue
_ _ [E] The lights are dimmed [Ebm] and once again the [Fm] stage is set for _ you
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