Don McLean – On The Amazon (Guitar)
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Sung by Don McLean
Words by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, music by Vivian Ellis
From 1927 British musical, "Mr. Cinders"
[Intro]
Gm D7 Gm D7sus4 D+ D There's a danger zone, not a stranger zone Gm Gm7 Cm7 Cm6 A7-9 A7-5 A7 D7 Than the little plot I walk on that I call my home. Gm D7 Gm D7sus4 D+ D Full of eerie sights, weird and skeerie sights Gm Cm7 Cm6 A7-9 D7 Gm7 Ev'ry vicious animal that creeps and crawls and bites.
[Verse 1]
D7 G Em7 Am7 D7 On the Amazon the prophylactics prowl, G Em7 Am7 D7 On the Amazon the hypodermics howl, G Em7 Am6 D7 On the Amazon you'll hear a scarab scowl G E7 Am7 A7-5 D7 And sting, zodiacs on the wing. G Em7 Am7 D7 All the stalactites and vicious vertebrae G Em7 Am7 D7 Hunt the stalagmites while laryngitis slay G Em7 Am6 Am7 D7 All the parasites that come from Paraguay in Spring...mmmmmm Dm7/G C Cm G F# F E Snarling equinox among the rocks will seize you, E7 A7 Am D9 And the Fahrenheit comes out at night to freeze you. D7 G Em7 Am7 D7 Wild duodenum are lurking in the trees G Em7 Am6 D7 And the jungle swarms with green apostrophes. G Em Am7 D7 G C#dim Am7 Oh, the Amazon is call-ing me.
[C#dim] [Am7]
[Verse 2]
D7 G Em7 Am7 D7 On the Amazon the pax vobiscum bite, G Em7 Am7 D7 On the Amazon the epiglottis fight, G Em7 Am6 D7 On the Amazon the hemispheres at night all slink, G E7 Am7 A7-5 D7 Where the agnostics drink. G Em7 Am7 D7 All the hippodromes that lie concealed in mud G Em7 Am7 D7 Join the metronomes that live in swamp and flood; G Em7 Am6 Am7 D7 Then the kodachromes come out and drink their blood, Poor ginks. Dm7/G C Cm G F# F E While velocipedes among the weeds will scare you, E7 A7 Am D9 And the menopause with hungry jaws ensnares you. D7 G Em7 Am7 D7 Frenzied adenoids infest the hills and slopes, G Em7 Am6 D7 Ev'ry one avoids the deadly stethoscopes. G Em Am7 D7 Oh, the Amazon is call-ing, G Em Am7 D7 Yes, the Amazon is call-ing, G Em Am7 D7 G Oh, the Amazon is call-ing me.