Cavern

- Phish

{Intro} [Em Em(maj7)]

{Verse} Your time is near, the mission's clear It's later than we think Before you slip into the night You'll want something to drink [G D] Steal away before the dawn, and [Em B] Bring us back good news

But if you've tread in primal soup Please wipe it from your shoes

[Main Riff x2]

{Verse} Just then a porthole pirate Scourged the evening with his cry And sanctuary bugs deprived The monkey of its thigh [G D] A dust arose and clogged my nose [Em B] Before I could blink twice

Despite the scut that bubbled up I gave some last advice

[D A] The flesh from Satan's dogs will make [C G] the rudiments of gruel

Deduct the carrots from your pay You worthless swampy fool

[Main Riff x2]

{Verse} Exploding then through fields and fen And swimming in the mire The septic maiden's gargoyle tooth Demented me with fire [G D] I drifted where the current chose [Em B] Afloat upon my back

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

[Main Riff x2]

{Verse} Soon I felt a bubble form, Somewhere below my skin But with handy spine of hedgehog I removed the force within [G D] Suzie then removed her mask [Em B] And caused a mighty stir

The angry mob responded Taking turns at grabbing her

[D A] The brothel wife then grabbed a knife [C G] And slashed me on the tongue

I turned the blade back on the bitch And dropped her in the dung.

[Main Riff x2]

{Verse} 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 [G D] In summing up, the moral seems [Em B] A little bit obscure...

{Chorus} [ 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 dissector,a hormone collector

{Chorus} [ 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 [pause!] ....] a virile dissector

{Chorus} [ 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 [pause!] ....] a virile dissector

{Chorus} [ 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 dissector, a hormone collector [ E A D A] Whatever you do take care of your shoes

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