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caterpillars easy guitar chords by
The Handsome Family
The Handsome Family

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Intro 1
Am
E
C
E

Am

Verse 1
Am

Sylvia was
C

struck by lightning
Dm
F

While reading in bed one night
Am
C

She'd left the window open
Dm
F

And the storm caught her by surprise
Am
C

For days she lay as still as stone
Dm
F

Hooked to pumps and tubes
Am

Then out her window the
C

street lights flashed
Dm
F

And at last a finger moved
Verse 2
F
E

She awoke to a cacophony of
F
E

electric and radio waves
F
E
F

Pulsing rays of energy falling
E

from outer space
Interlude 1
E
C
E
Am

Verse 3
Am
C

High in swaying towers
Dm
F

Down in basements full of dust
Am
C

She could not escape the static
Dm
F

Or the sixty- cycle hum
Am
C

She wore dark- tinted spectacles
Dm
F

Several fur- lined capes
Am
C

Three pairs of velvet gloves
Dm
F

A veil of dotted swiss
Verse 4
F
E

But all the earth's vibrations
F
E

Still pounded through her ears
F
E

So she packed a steamer trunk
F

And flew a prop plane to
Interlude 2

Belize
E
C
E
A
Am

Verse 5
Am
C

From there a log raft took her
Dm
F

Over raging waterfalls
Am
C

Deep within uncharted jungle
Dm
F

Where giant caterpillars crawl
Am
C

They spun their silk around her
Dm
F

A cocoon beneath the trees
Am
C

And still she hangs there swaying
Dm
F

Deep within the dripping leaves
Verse 6
F
E

Keeping time with every rumble
F
E

Every quiver of the earth
F
E

And she slowly changes shape
F
E

With the turning of the world
Outro 1
E
C
E
Am

C
Dm
F
Am
C

Dm
F
Am
C
Dm
F
Am

C
Dm
F
E
F
E
F

E
F
E
C
Em

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  • Dm

  • F

  • A

  • Em

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