Mandrake chords by Mercyful Fate

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Intro 1

Poisonous

Verse 1

Mandrake,

you dangerous root

One of the three fares,

when a man's time has come

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Verse 2

You look so human,

so different from any other plant

You look so human,

that the Devil might take you for a man

Verse 3

White Mandragora,

with your root so thick you are the male

Black as the night on the outside,

inside you're like a moon

Verse 4

You look so human,

so different from any other plant

You look so human,

that the Devil might take you for a man

Verse 5
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Your leaves spread out,
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so close to  the ground
Mandrake root,
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your berries are just like the sun
Mandrake root,
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as a female your root will forked
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Your juice has been known,
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to take away lives
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Cause insanity, am I losing my mind?

Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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In the olden days it was believed
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That in the dark of night, you had to
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Tie a string from the neck of a
Black dog to the Mandrake root, then move away,
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move away
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And with meat you must lure the dog
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To pull the Mandrake root
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from the ground

Verse 7

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Cover your eyes, cause the cry of

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the Mandrake root

No man has ever survived, the dog will surely die

Interlude 2

Verse 8

Poisonous Mandrake,

you dangerous root

One of the three fares,

when a man's time has come

Verse 9

You look so human,

so different from any other plant

You look so human,

that the Devil might take you for a man

Verse 10
B 
Your leaves spread out,
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C 
Am 
Dm 
E 
so close to  the ground
Mandrake root,
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E 
your berries are just like the sun
Mandrake root, as a female your
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root will be forked
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Am 
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Your juice has been known,
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to take easy lives
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Cause insanity,
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am I losing my mind?

Verse 11
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Mandrake root,
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bring me your poisonous love
Mandrake root, I need you to bring me
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that love
Mandrake root,
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Mandrake root bring me  love
Mandrake root,
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bring me that poisonous thing
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That everyone is calling love