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Cavern

Phish
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 It's later  than we think
 before you  slip into the night
 you'll want  something to drink
 
 Steal away before the dawn,
and  bring us back good news
 
 But if you tread in primal soup
 please wipe  it from your shoes.
 
 Just then a porhole pirate
 scourged the evening with his cry
 and sanctuary bugs deprived
 a monkey of its thigh
 A dust arose and blocked my nose
 before I could think twice,
 Despite the scut that bubbled up
 I gave some last advice:
 The flesh from Satan's dogs
 will make  the rudiments of  gruel
 
 Deduct the carrots from your pay
you  worthless swampy fool
 
 Exploding through fields and few
 and swimming in the mire
 the septic maiden's gargoyle tooth
 demented me with fire
 I drifted where the current chose
 afloat upon my back
 And if perchance a newt slimed by
 I'd stuff it in my sack
 SoonI felt a bubble form
 somewhere below my skin
 but with handy spine of hedgehog
 I removed the force within
 Suzie then removed her mask
 and caused a mighty stir
 the angry crowd responded
 taking turns at grabbing her
 The foggy cavern's musty grime
 appeared within my palm
 I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off
 with deadly icy calm
 The crowd meanwhile had taken Sue
 and used her like a rag
 to mop the slime from where the slug
 had slithered with the bag
 In summing up, the moral seems a little bit obscure...
 Give the director a serpent deflector
A  mudrat detector,  a ribbon reflector
A  cushion convector,  a picture of nectar
A  virile disector, a hormone  collector
 play this several times, and then say:
 whatever you do, take care of your shoes!
 

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Readable chord sheet for Cavern by Phish

It's lat[E]er than we think                [E]
before yo[D]u slip into the night  [A]
you'll w[E]ant something to drink  [E]
                [D]                        [A]

Steal away before the dawn,
[G]and bring us back good n[D]ews
        [G]                           [B]

But if you tread in primal soup
please w[E]ipe it from your shoes.  [E]
                [D]                        [A]

Just then a porhole pirate
scourged the evening with his cry
and sanctuary bugs deprived
a monkey of its thigh

A dust arose and blocked my nose
before I could think twice,

Despite the scut that bubbled up
I gave some last advice:

The flesh from Satan's dogs
will mak[D]e the rudiments o[A]f gruel
                        [C]                  [G]

Deduct the carrots from your pay
[E]you worthless swampy fool       [E]
        [D]                         [A]

Exploding through fields and few
and swimming in the mire
the septic maiden's gargoyle tooth
demented me with fire

I drifted where the current chose
afloat upon my back

And if perchance a newt slimed by
I'd stuff it in my sack

SoonI felt a bubble form
somewhere below my skin
but with handy spine of hedgehog
I removed the force within

Suzie then removed her mask
and caused a mighty stir

the angry crowd responded
taking turns at grabbing her

The foggy cavern's musty grime
appeared within my palm

I snatched Rick's fork to scrape it off
with deadly icy calm

The crowd meanwhile had taken Sue
and used her like a rag
to mop the slime from where the slug
had slithered with the bag

In summing up, the moral        seems a little bit obscure...

Give the director a serpent deflector
[E]A mudrat detecto[A]r, a ribbon refle[D]ctor              [A]
[E]A cushion convec[A]tor, a picture of [D]nectar           [A]
[E]A virile disector, a hor[A]mone collector  [D]                   [A]
[E]                 [A]         [D]           [A]

play this several times, and then say:

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

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