Mythical Kings And Iguanas Chords

Album: Mythical Kings and Iguanas (1971)
 
 
[Intro]
  G   G    G   G7   C    G    G   G   D   D7   G   G
  C   Cm   G   G    D7   D7   G   G   G   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G               G7
I have flown to star-stained heights
C                    G
On bent and battered wings
   G
In search of mythical kings
         D7      D7
Mythical kings
G
Sure that everything of worth
C                  Cm
 Is in the sky and not the earth
      G
And I never learned to make my way
D                           G            G
Down, down, down where the iguanas play
 
 
[Verse 2]
G
I have ridden comet tails
   C               G
In search of magic rings
   G
To conjure mythical kings
         D7      D7
Mythical kings
G
Singing scraps of angel-song
C                  Cm
 High is right and low is wrong
      G
And I never taught myself to give
D                           G
Down, down, down where the iguanas live
 
 
[Bridge]
Cm
Astral walks I try to take
Dm
  I sit and throw I ching
Em
Aesthetic bards and tarot cards
        A7               D
Are the cords to which I cling
D
Don't break my strings (I wish you would)
                                               G    D
Or I will fall (I wish I could, I wish I cou – ou - ould)
 
 
[Verse 3]
G                   G7
Curse the mind that mounts the clouds
   C                  G
In search of mythical kings
                  G
And only mystical things
         D       D
Mystical things
G
Cry for the soul that will not face
C               Cm
 The body as an equal place
      G
And I never learned to touch for real
D
 Or feel the things, iguanas feel
D
Down, down, down
           G     G
Where they play
 
 
[Outro]
D         D7
 Teach me
G         G
 Reach me
D         D
 Teach me
G
 Reach me
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