Army ants chords by Tom Waits
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Verse 1
(D minor) (E major) (D minor) (F major) The Whir (D minor) ligig Beetles (E major) are wary and fast with
an organ (D major) to detect (E major) the ripples
The Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside
other insects along the borders of fields
Or roads in clusters of
white cocoons
(D minor) The Ribbed (E major) Pine Borer (D minor) is a longhorn beetle
(E major) Their antennas are half the length of their body
(A minor) and (E major) they feed on (D major) dead red (E major) (D major) (D minor) pine
Robber Flies, (E major) (D minor) with their immobile heads,
inject (E major) a (D minor) paralyzing fluid (E major) into (A minor) their (D minor) prey
That (D major) they snatch from (E major) life in mid- air
The Snow Flea's mode of locomotion,
strange and odd
With a spiny tail mechanism with hooks
and a protracted tube from the ab (A minor) domen
(D minor) To enable (D major) (B minor) (E major) moisture absorption
(A minor) The
Verse 2
(E major) female (D major) Praying Mantis (E major) (C sharp major) (B major) de vours
the male while (E major) they are mating.
The (B major) male (E major) sometimes continues (A minor) (D major) (E major) copulating even
after the female has bitten off (B major) his head (A major) (A minor)
(E major) And part of his upper torso
Every night (A minor) wasps (E major) bite into the stem of a plant, (A minor)
(D minor) lock their (E major) mandibles into position
Stretch out at right angles to the (G sharp minor) stem (E major) (D major) and,
(E major) with legs (D minor) dangling, (C sharp major) (E major) they fall (D minor) asleep (E major) (A minor) (E major)
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Verse 3
If one places a (D minor) minute amount
of liquor (E major) on a scorpion
(D minor) It will in (E major) stantly (G sharp minor) go (E major) mad (A minor) and sting (D minor) itself
(G sharp minor) (E major) to death (D minor) (A minor)
(E major) The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed
(B major) (E major) Defends itself by emitting
a series of explosions
(G sharp minor) Sometimes (E major) setting off four or five
re (D minor) ports in (E major) succession
The noises sound (A minor) like miniature
(D minor) popgun (E major) blasts
And are accom (D minor) panied (E major) by a (B major) cloud (E major) of reddish- coloured,
vile- smelling (G sharp minor) (C sharp major) flu (E major) id
It (B major) is com (E major) monly known that
ants (A minor) keep slaves (D major) (E major)
Certain species,
the so- called Sanguinary Ants in par (E major) ticular
(D minor) Will raid the nest (G sharp minor) s of (D minor) other ant (E major) tribes (D major) (D minor) and (A minor) kill the queen
(E major) (B minor) and (D major) then kid (E major) nap many (D minor) of the work (A minor) ers (D major)
(D minor) The workers (E major) are brought back to the captor's (C sharp major) hive (E major) where they
(E major) are coerced into performing (C sharp major) (E major) menial (D minor) (E major) tasks (D major) (D minor)
Verse 4
And as we discussed last (E major) semester,
the Army Ants will leave (E major) nothing but your bones (D minor) (E major)
(A minor) Perhaps you've encountered some
of these insects in your (E major) communities
Displaying both their predatory and defense
characteristics (D major)
While imbedded within the walls
of flesh and (B major) passing for
What is most commonly recognized
As human
Army ants
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