Chords for Rewiring Genesis - The Lamia [Genesis Cover]

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The scent [Bbm] grows richer.
_ [Abm] He knows he must [Gb] be near
_ [E] He climbs a [Ebm] long _ passageway
[Fm] Lit by _ chandelier
[E] _ _ _ _ [B]
Each step he takes [Bbm] the perfumes change [Abm] from familiar fragrance [Bbm] to flavor [Gb] strange [E] a
_ magnificent [Ebm] chamber
_ [Fm] meets his eye
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Inside [Bbm] a long rose water [Abm] pool is shrouded by fine [Bbm] mist
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Stepping in [Gb] the moist silence [F] with a warm [Fm] breeze.
He's gently [E] kissed
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Thinking he is [Bbm] quite alone
_ [B] He enters the room [Bbm] as if it were his own [E] but ripples on [Gb] the sweet pink [Fm] water reveal some [E] Company on
_ [Cm] Real [Ab] stanza [Cm] song
[Ab] _ [Gm] Dousing his eyes struck [Ab] by beauty
gripped [Eb] in fright
_ _ [Cm] Three _ vermilion snakes a [Gm] female face the smallest [Ab] motion
filled [Eb] with grace
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[Dm] muted [F] melodies fill [C] the [D] echoing hall
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] But [Dm] there is [F] no sign [C] of war
_ [F] in [C] the sirens [D] call _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] Rail [Dm] _ [Am] welcome we [Em] are the [Bm] Lamia
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_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [B] Putting _ fear [Bbm] beside him [Abm] he trusts in beauty [Bbm] blind
_ [E] He slips into the [Gb] nectar
Leaving [Fm] his shredded clothes [E] behind
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With their tongues [Bbm] they test taste and judge
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_ All [Gb] that is mine
_ [E] they move in a
[Gb] Series of [Fm] caresses they glide up and [E] down my spine as _ _
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They nibble [Bbm] the fruit of my flesh.
[Abm] I
Feel [Bbm] no pain
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Only [Gb] a magic
[F] That a name would stay
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] With the first drop [Bbm] of my blood in their [B] veins their faces are [Bbm] convulsed in mortal pains
[E] the fairest cries
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Each empty snake like body [Bb] floats
silent [Ab] sorrow in [Eb] empty boats a
_ [Cm] _ _ sickly _ sourness
fills [Gm] the room the bitter [Ab] harvest of a dying [Eb] bloom
_ _ [Gm] Looking [Dm] for motion.
[F] I [C] know I will not [D] find _
I _ _ _ _ [G] strode the [Dm] girls now [F] turning [C] pale
[F] Which I laid in [D] _ swine. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] [Dm] Oh
Lamia [Am] your [Em] flesh that [Bm] remains I will [Gbm] take as my food
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ You _ _
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_ Looking [Bbm] behind me [Abm] the water turns icy [Gb] blue
_ _ [Abm] The lights are dimmed [Gb] and once again the [Fm]
stage is set [F] for you
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