{"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":1965823,"song":"On The Amazon","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1965823-on-the-amazon-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1965823?type=chord","rating":4.50755,"votes":9,"content":"On The Amazon\r\nSung by Don McLean\r\nWords by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, music by Vivian Ellis\r\nFrom 1927 British musical, \"Mr. Cinders\" \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] [ch]D+[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a danger zone, not a stranger zone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Cm6[/ch] [ch]A7-9[/ch] [ch]A7-5[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nThan the little plot I walk on that I call my home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]D7sus4[/ch] [ch]D+[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFull of eerie sights, weird and skeerie sights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Cm7[/ch] [ch]Cm6[/ch] [ch]A7-9[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nEv'ry vicious animal that creeps and crawls and bites. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon the prophylactics prowl,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon the hypodermics howl,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon you'll hear a scarab scowl[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]A7-5[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nAnd sting, zodiacs on the wing.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nAll the stalactites and vicious vertebrae[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nHunt the stalagmites while laryngitis slay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nAll the parasites that come from Paraguay in Spring...mmmmmm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7/G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nSnarling equinox among the rocks will seize you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D9[/ch] \r\nAnd the Fahrenheit comes out at night to freeze you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nWild duodenum are lurking in the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the jungle swarms with green apostrophes.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C#dim[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nOh, the Amazon is call-ing me. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[C#dim] [Am7] \r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon the pax vobiscum bite,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon the epiglottis fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOn the Amazon the hemispheres at night all slink,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]A7-5[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nWhere the agnostics drink.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nAll the hippodromes that lie concealed in mud[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nJoin the metronomes that live in swamp and flood;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nThen the kodachromes come out and drink their blood, Poor ginks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7/G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nWhile velocipedes among the weeds will scare you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D9[/ch] \r\nAnd the menopause with hungry jaws ensnares you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nFrenzied adenoids infest the hills and slopes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]Am6[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nEv'ry one avoids the deadly stethoscopes.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOh, the Amazon is call-ing,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nYes, the Amazon is call-ing,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nOh, the Amazon is call-ing me. [/tab]","plain_text":"On The Amazon\nSung by Don McLean\nWords by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, music by Vivian Ellis\nFrom 1927 British musical, \"Mr. Cinders\" \n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[C#dim] [Am7] \n\n[Verse 2]","chords":["Gm","D7","D7sus4","D+","D","Gm7","Cm7","Cm6","A7-9","A7-5","A7","G","Em7","Am7","Am6","E7","Dm7/G","C","Cm","F#","F","E","Am","D9"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}