Phish – Cavern (Guitar)

      Em                            Em
your time is near the mission's clear

      D                 A
It's later than we think

  Em                      Em
before you slip into the night

        D                    A
you'll want something to drink

G                       D
Steal away before the dawn,

     Em                  B
and bring us back good news

Em                        Em
But if you tread in primal soup

         D                 A
please wipe it from your shoes.

Em                        Em
Just then a porthole pirate

             D                 A
scourged the evening with his cry

     Em              Em
and sanctuary bugs deprived

  D                 A
a monkey of its thigh

  G               D
A dust arose and blocked my nose

  Em                  B
before I could think twice,

Em              Em
Despite the scut that bubbled up

  D                A
I gave some last advice:

D                  A
The flesh from Satan's dogs

              C             G
will make the rudiments of gruel

Em                           Em
Deduct the carrots from your pay

     D                A
you worthless swampy fool

  Em                            Em
Exploding through fields and few

     D                 A
and swimming in the mire

    Em                        Em
the septic maiden's gargoyle tooth

  D                 A
demented me with fire

  G                 D
I drifted where the current chose

  Em            B
afloat upon my back

    Em
And if perchance a newt slimed by

     D             A
I'd stuff it in my sack

Em                     Em
Soon I felt a bubble form

    D                  A
somewhere below my skin

    Em                  Em
but with handy spine of hedgehog

    D                     A
I removed the force within

G            D
Suzie then removed her mask

    Em               B
and caused a mighty stir

Em
the angry mob responded

       D                 A
taking turns at grabbing her

D              A
The foggy cavern's musty grime

   C               G
appeared within my palm

  Em
I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off

      D          A
with deadly icy calm

Em
The crowd meanwhile had taken Sue

    D                 A
and used her like a rag

   Em
to mop the slime from where the slug

    D                   A
had slithered with the bag

   G               D             Em           B
In summing up, the moral seems a little bit obscure...

E             A     D              A
Give the director a serpent deflector

E             A     D              A
A mudrat detector, a ribbon reflector

E             A     D              A
A cushion convector, a picture of nectar

E             A      D              A
A virile disector, a hormone collector

E             A         D          A
whatever you do, take care of your shoes!