The Lamia chords by Steve Hackett
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Verse 1
(G major) The scent grows (D major) richer
He knows (G major) he must be (F sharp minor) (D major) here
He (E minor) find (C major) s a long pas (D major) sage (B minor)
way lit by chandelier (C sharp minor)
(G major) Each step he takes,
the (A major) perfumes (D major) change
From fa (G major) miliar fragrance to fla
(F sharp minor) vours (D major) strange (C major)
A magnificent chamber (D major) meet (B minor) s his (C sharp minor)
eye (C major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (G major)
Inside, a long (D major) rose- (F sharp minor) water pool
Is (G major) shrouded (E minor) by (G major) fine mis (F sharp minor) t
Step (E minor) ping (C major) in the moist (D major) si lence (B minor)
With a warm (C sharp minor) breeze he's gently kissed
Verse 2
(G major) Thinking he is quite (A major) alone
(D major) He (G major) enters the room, as if it (F sharp minor) were his own
But (C major) ripples on the sweet (D major) pink water
Re (C sharp minor) veal some company unthought (G sharp minor) of -
Rael stands astonished
doubt (E major) ing his sight (F sharp major)
Struck (B major) by beau (E major) ty, gripped in (F sharp major) fright (B major)
(G sharp minor) Three vermilion (E major) snakes (G sharp minor) of
female (E major) face (D sharp minor)
The smallest mo (E major) tion, filled (F sharp major) with grace (B major)
(C sharp major) Muted (E flat minor) melod (B flat minor) ies fill (D flat major)
the echoing (A flat major) (B flat major) hall
(E flat minor) But there is (B flat minor) no sign (D flat major) of
Warn (A flat major) ing in
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Verse 3
(D flat major) the siren's (A flat major) (B flat major) (E flat minor) call:
"Rael wel (B flat minor) come,
(F minor) we are the (C minor) Lamia (G minor) of (D minor) the pool (A minor) (E minor)
We (F major) have been (C major) wait (F major) ing for our
(C major) Waters to (D minor) bring you cool" (C major) (A minor) (D minor) (A major) (B minor) (F sharp major) (B minor) (F sharpsus4) (F sharp major) (B major)
(F sharp minor) (A major) (B major) (A major) (F sharp minor) (B major) (F sharp minor)
(D major) (D minor) (A minor) (C major) (D minor) (Dsus4) (G major)
Putting fear be (D major) side him
He trusts (G major) in beauty blind
(F sharp minor) He (D major) slips (C major) into the nec (D major) tar
(B minor) Leaving his (C sharp minor) shredded clothes behind
(G major) "With their tongues, they (D major) test
Taste and judge (G major) all that is (F sharp minor) mine
They (E minor) move (C major) in a series (D major) of caresses (B minor)
That (C sharp minor) glide up and down (A major) my spine (C major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
As they nibble the fruit (D major) of my flesh
(G major) I feel no pain (F sharp minor)
(E minor) Only (A minor) a magic (D major) (B minor)
that a name (C sharp minor) would stain
With (G major) the first drop of my
(A major) Blood in their veins
Their faces (G major) are convulsed in
mor (F sharp minor) tal pains
The fairest (E minor) (C major) cries,
'We (D major) all have loved you (C sharp minor) (G sharp minor)
Rael'"
Verse 5
Each empty snakelike (G sharp minor) body (E major) float (B major) s
(F sharp major) Si (B major) lent sor (E major) row in empty
(F sharp major) boat (B major) s (G sharp minor)
A sickly (E major) sour (G sharp minor) ness fills (E major) the room
(D sharp minor) The bitter har (E major) vest of
a dying (F sharp major) bloom (B major) (D flat major)
(E flat minor) Looking for (B flat minor) motion I (D flat major) know I will (A flat major) not find (B flat major)
I stroke (E flat minor) the curls (B flat minor) now turn (D flat major) ing pale (A flat major)
(D flat major) In which I'd lain (A flat major) entwined (B flat major) (E flat minor) "Oh (B flat minor) Lamia
Your (F minor) flesh that re (C minor) mains I will
(G minor) Take as my (D minor) food" (A minor) (E minor)
(F major) It is the scent (C major) of gar (F major) lic that (C major) lingers
On my (D minor) chocolate fin (C major) ger (A minor) s (D minor) (A major) (B minor) (F sharp major) (B minor) (B major) (F sharpsus4)
(F sharp major) (B major) (A major) (B major) (F sharp minor)
(A major) (B major) (F sharp minor) (D major) (D minor)
(D major) (Dsus4) (G major)
Looking be (A major) hind (D major) me,
(A major) the water (G major) turns icy blue (F sharp minor)
The (E minor) light (C major) s are dimmed and (D major) once
Again the stage (C sharp minor) is set for you (A major) (E minor)
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The Lamia
Steve Hackett
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