Cavern Chords

Cavern by Phish
(A Picture of Nectar)
 
 
Em Em D A (x2)
 
      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 D A (x2)
 
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:
 
(Slower)
D                  A
The flesh from Satan's dogs
              C             G
will make the rudiments of gruel
 
(Normal speed)
Em                           Em
Deduct the carrots from your pay
     D                A
you worthless swampy fool
 
Em Em D A (x2)
 
  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 D A (x2)
 
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
 
(Slower)
D              A
The foggy cavern's musty grime
   C               G
appeared within my palm
 
(Normal Speed)
  Em
I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off
      D          A
with deadly icy calm
 
Em Em D A (x2)
 
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!
 
E  A (x2)
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