Key: B major
Verse 1
G
D
The scent grows richer
G
F#m
D
He knows he must be here
Em
C
D
Bm
He finds a long passage
A
D
the perfumes change
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D
C
vours strange
D
Bm
C#m
A magnificent chamber meets his
C
Em
C
G
C
G
Bm
C
G
eye
D
F#m
Inside, a long rose- water pool
G
Em
G
F#m
Is shrouded by fine mist
Em
C
D
Bm
Stepping in the moist si lence
Verse 2
G
A
Thinking he is quite alone
D
G
F#m
He enters the room, as if it were his own
C
D
But ripples on the sweet pink water
C#m
G#m
Reveal some company unthought of -
Rael stands astonished
E
F#
doubting his sight
B
E
F#
B
Struck by beauty, gripped in fright
G#m
E
G#m
Three vermilion snakes of
E
D#m
female face
E
F#
B
The smallest motion, filled with grace
C#
Ebm
Bbm
Db
Muted melod ies fill
Ab
Bb
the echoing hall
Ebm
Bbm
Db
But there is no sign of
Verse 3
Db
Ab
Bb
Ebm
the siren's call:
Fm
Cm
Gm
Dm
Am
Em
we are the Lamia of the pool
F
C
F
We have been waiting for our
C
Dm
C
Am
Dm
A
Bm
F#
Bm
F#sus4
F#
B
Waters to bring you cool"
F#m
A
B
A
F#m
B
F#m
D
Dm
Am
C
Dm
Dsus4
G
F#m
D
C
D
He slips into the nectar
Bm
C#m
Leaving his shredded clothes behind
G
D
"With their tongues, they test
G
F#m
Taste and judge all that is mine
Em
C
D
Bm
They move in a series of caresses
C#m
A
C
That glide up and down my spine
Em
C
G
C
G
Bm
C
G
Verse 4
G
F#m
I feel no pain
Em
Am
D
Bm
Only a magic
Em
C
The fairest cries,
D
C#m
G#m
'We all have loved you
Rael'"
Verse 5
G#m
E
B
Each empty snakelike body floats
F#
B
E
Silent sorrow in empty
F#
B
G#m
boats
E
G#m
E
A sickly sour ness fills the room
D#m
E
The bitter harvest of
F#
B
Db
a dying bloom
Ebm
Bbm
Db
Ab
Bb
Looking for motion I know I will not find
Ebm
Bbm
Db
Ab
I stroke the curls now turning pale
Db
Ab
Bb
Ebm
Bbm
In which I'd lain entwined "Oh Lamia
Fm
Cm
Your flesh that remains I will
Gm
Dm
Am
Em
Take as my food"
F
C
F
C
It is the scent of garlic that lingers
Dm
C
Am
Dm
A
Bm
F#
Bm
B
F#sus4
On my chocolate finger s
F#
B
A
B
F#m
A
B
F#m
D
Dm
D
Dsus4
G
A
D
Looking behind me,
A
G
F#m
the water turns icy blue
Em
C
D
The lights are dimmed and once
C#m
A
Em
Again the stage is set for you
Outro 1
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F#m
D
C
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C#m
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C#m
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F#m
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Em
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Bm
C#m
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F#m
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Bm
C#m
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C#m
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C#m
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Em
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Em
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C#m
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