Lizard Chords by The Handsome Family

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Granny Green was [C] stooped as a [G] windblown branch.
She [Bb] lived high in the [F] Bramble Forest, _
[G] Once a fortnight if the [D] moon [G] showed right.
She [Bb] came down to our [F] little village,
She [Gm] brought blackberries [A] and [G] willow _ bark,
[Bb] Mandrake root [F] and mushrooms.
And [Gm] it was said she [G] spoke the tongue of birds,
And [Bb] understood _ the [F] river's whispers.
Now [Eb] several _ girls from [Bb] our town,
[F] By a golden lizard [Cm] they were bitten.
And [Gm] those sweet girls [C] lay stiff [G] in their beds,
Like [Bb] frozen [Cm] ice upon [G] the branches. _ _
Granny Green mixed a [Cm] tonic [G] for their ills,
But it [Bb] was _ such a [F] bitter tonic,
That [Gm] all who drank [G] began to dance.
And [Bb] could not _ [F] stop their dancing, _
[Cm] But none would have [Gm] hit one sinful step, _
[Bb] If that old [C] crow had [G] not bewitched us. _ _
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How we [C] leaped and [G] pranced and cackled,
The [Bb] whole town [C] writhing mad men,
And [Cm] so desperate, gruesome [Gm] to still their feet, _
[Bb] They dove [C] into the [G] raging river. _
[Eb] Still we danced on day [Bb] and night,
Till [D] our fine _ clothes were [Cm] torn and ragged,
And [Gm] crying out, O [C] Lord, [G] make us stop,
[Bb] We danced [G] naked round the chapel.
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How Granny [C] laughed to [G] see such sin, _
[Bb] There's just water, she said, [F] in my tonic,
But [D] all cried out, she [C] lies, she [G] surely lies,
And we [Bb] chased her deep [Cm] into [G] the bramble.
But [Eb] like the thorn wind she [Bb] disappeared, _
[F] Though we searched round and [Cm] round the branches,
Rolling [Gm] in leaves and [C] naked [G] beneath the trees,
We [Bb] lost the [Cm] way back [G] to our village. _ _
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[Eb] But I swear we were all [Bb] pure of heart,
Till [D] that old crow _ [Cm] did bewitch us.
[Gm] And I know we will [G] all go home,
[Gm] When the good [C] Lord [G] returns to save us. _
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