Lizard Play chords by Peter Hammill

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Intro 1

Frozen moment,

Verse 1
cold blood time
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Em 
D 
Em 
The iguana  (D major) lady  (E minor) is  say (D major) ing  (E minor) goodbye
She's not quite ready,
D 
she wants to stay  (D major) 
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Em 
 (B minor) She wants to be  (E minor) per fect,
but not in the way
So he tries to be cautious,
one more cigarette
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Em 
He wants to be open, but time  (D major) is  (E minor) not yet
So they talk about poetry,
life stories too
Yes, he wants to know
Bm 
Em 
if she keeps  (B minor) a   pet  (E minor) or two
G 
Yes, she's  (G major) into lizards,
she's into snakes,
Em 
G 
 (E minor) he's  (G major) into  trauma
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Em 
Bm 
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still  (D major) got  (A major) the shakes  (E minor)  (B minor) from  (E minor) a lady
who only talked dogs and cats
making love in the attic
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Bm 
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she thought like  (D major) that  (B minor) so  it does (E minor) n't notice he's falling into a change in color of chameleon
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Em 
skin  (B major)  (E minor) 
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Bm 
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C 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (B major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (B major) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (B major) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
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And  (E minor) the  (B major) sun beats down
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 (A major) on the peaking earth
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C 
In the  (D major) land where the lizards  (C major) play
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And  (B major) the tongues flicker out,
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 (E major) though they  (A major) want to touch
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Em 
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 (D major) All the words get  (E minor) in  the way  (C major) 
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An (B major) d  it's you and me,
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 (A major) and it's he and she
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An (E minor) d    (D major) it's everything  (E minor) I  (C major) say
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Bm 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
Oh, frozen vision, deaf and dumb
I'm still trying to work out
just what I've become
Yes, I tried to reach you, I tried to score
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Em 
I shot the bolt on  (A major) the open  (E minor) door
The secret reaction based metal to gold
and all that I felt was my blood froze.
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B 
 (B minor) I walked  (B major) on water,
Em 
 (E minor) I was wearing skis,
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Em 
B 
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and now the water must  (A major) dance  (E minor) on me.  (B major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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A 
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D 
Em 
 (B major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (C major) 
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An (B major) d the sun beats down
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 (A major) on the Paint King Rock
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Em 
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 (D major) And the land where the  (E minor) lizards  (C major) play
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An (B major) d  they shed their skins
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 (A major) and at last begin
Em 
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B 
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To  (E minor) paint colors for  (C major) the day  (B major)  (A major) 
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Em 
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 (D major) Will you  (E minor) dance  (C major) with me,
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 (B major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
dance with me
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A 
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 (B major) Will  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) you dance  (C major) with me,
dance with me
Em 
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 (E minor) Run  (B major) for me  (A major) 