{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1484477,"song":"Lizard","artist":"The Handsome Family","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11270239-lizard-chords-by-the-handsome-family/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1484477?type=chord","rating":4.35745,"votes":5,"content":"Starts with G to Gm\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGranny Green was stooped as a windblown branch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe lived high in the bramble forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce a fortnight, if the moon shone right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nshe came down to our little village[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nShe brought blackberries and willow bark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nmandrake root and mushrooms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it was said she spoke the tongue of birds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd understood the river’s whispers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]  \r\nNow several girls among our town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nby a golden lizard they were bitten[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd those sweet girls lay stiff in their beds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike frozen ice up on the branches[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGranny Green mixed a tonic for their ills[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut it was such a bitter tonic[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll who drank began to dance[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand could not stop their dancing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]                                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut none would have danced one sinful step[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf that old crone had not bewitched us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow we leaped and pranced and cackled[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe whole town writhing madmen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd so desperate grew some to still their feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nthey dove into the raging river[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nStill we danced on day and night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\ntill our fine clothes were torn and ragged[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd crying out, “Oh, Lord, make us stop!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe danced naked round the chapel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow Granny laughed to see such sin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“It’s just water,” she said, “in my tonic!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all cried out, “She lies! She surely lies!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand chased her deep into the bramble[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut like the four winds she disappeared[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nThough we searched round and round the branches[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRolling in leaves and naked ‘neath the trees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe lost the way back to our village[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I swear we were all pure of heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\ntill that old crone did bewitch us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know we will all go home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen the good Lord returns to save us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Starts with G to Gm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG Bb C G\nBb F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCm Gm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCm Gm\nBb C G","chords":["G","Gm","Bb","C","F","Eb","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}