The Lizard Chords by Robyn Hitchcock

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ wear [F#] the [Em] lizard's shoes [D] and afterwards [A] you [C] don't [Em] feel it.
[A] _ You [D#]
[E] wear the lizard's coat [D] and afterwards [C] you fail to [G] float.
_ [A] You [F#] take [Em] the lizard's paw [D] but look who's [C] lying [G] in the bar.
[A] _ You wear [E] the lizard's skin, [D#m] [D] no man can be [C] a god.
[A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
You take [E] the lizard's [D#] mask [D] but look who's lying [C] in [G] the cows.
[A] _
And when [E] the clocks have [Em] stopped [D] you'll find out what [C] the lizard [G] draws.
[A] _
You [E] know the lizard's won [Em] [D] but you can't work [C] out how it's [G] done.
[A] _
The lizard [E] is your friend [Em] [D] and will be till [C] the very [G] end.
_ [B] _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
You lie [Em] beneath the stars, [D] the lizard knows how [C] high [G] they are.
[A] _
The stars [Em] are out of reach, [D] the lizard _ [C] lingers on [G] a beach.
[A] _
The stars [E] are out of [Em] date, the [D] lizard had [C] them all [G] to play.
_ [A] _
You vomit [E] in the [Em] shed, [D] the lizard got there [C] first, he's dead.
[Bm] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
You vomit [Em] in the _ _ _ [D] _
shed, the lizard got there [Am] first, [C] _ [G] he's [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] dead. _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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