Genesis – The Lamia (Guitar)

B/Eb            C#6
The scent grows richer,

   B6               A#m7
he knows he must be here,

   E/G#         Ebm/F#
He finds a long passageway lit by

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Each step he takes, the perfumes change

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From familiar fragrance to flavours strange.

E/G#          Ebm/F#
A magnificent chamber meets his 

Fm7   E7+
eye.

B/Eb           C#6
Inside, a long rose-water pool

   B6               A#m7
is shrouded by fine mist.

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Stepping in the moist silence, with a 

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Thinking he is quite alone, 

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He enters the room, as if it were his own

    E/G#            Ebm/F#
But ripples on the sweet pink water 

Cm    Ab/C    Cm7      Ab/C         Bb6
Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,

          Ab7+              Eb     Eb/D 
Struck by beauty, gripped in fright;

Cm        Ab/C    Cm7      Ab/C   Bb6
Three ver-milion snakes of female face

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The smallest motion, filled with grace.

Gm    Dm       F7+      C7+     D
Muted melodies fill the echoing hall,

Gm        Dm    F7+     C7+     F7+    C7+/9   D
But there is no sign of warning in the siren's call:

 Gm   Dm       Am/E       Em     Bm     F#m  C#m  G#m 
"Rael welcome, we are the Lamia  of the pool.

A            E       A       E         F#m       C#m
We have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool."

B/Eb           C#6
Putting fear beside him, 

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he trusts in beauty blind 

    E/G#          Ebm/F#
He slips into the nectar, leaving his 

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"With their tongues, they test, taste and judge 

B6          A#m7
all that is mine.

     E/G#      Ebm/F#
They move in a series of caresses

     Fm7                   E7+
That glide up and down my spine.

B/Eb               C#6
As they nibble the fruit of my flesh, 

B6        A#m7
I feel no pain,

E/G#   Ebm/F#
Only a magic that a 

B/Eb                       C#6
With the first drop of my blood in their veins

      B6                  A#m7
Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains.

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The fairest cries, 'We all have loved you, 

Cm   Ab/C   Cm7      Ab/C  Bb6
Each empty snakelike body floats,

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Silent sorrow in empty boats.

Cm Ab/C  Cm7      Ab/C      Bb6
A sickly sourness fills the room,

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The bitter harvest of a dying bloom.

Gm          Dm       F7+    C7+      D
Looking for motion I know I will not find,

Gm           Dm        F7+     C7+      F7+       C7+/9   D
I stroke the curls now turning pale, in which I'd lain entwined.

 Gm Dm           Am/E        Em           Bm      F#m  C#m  G#m 
"Oh Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as my food."

A            E     A           E          F#m          C#m
It is the scent of garlic that lingers on my chocolate fingers.

B/Eb      C#6
Looking behind me,

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the water turns icy blue, 

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The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.