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Intro: E5 AmC GmB FmG# E
Am C Gm B
By Silverfish Imperetrix whose incorrupted eye
Fm G# E
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
Am C Gm B Fm G# E
By Salamander, Drake, and the power that was undine, rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
F G D C D A
By those who see with their eyes closed, they know me by my black telescope
Am C Gm B Fm G# E
Your green tree mantle from which these things derive, a lens of quartz and refract spoke
Am C Gm B Fm G# E
That crystal lens whose crystal rope, once bound me to those doctors and wives
F G D C D A
When my vision was oh, so cloudy, and I saw things through two eyes
Am F G D Am F = G Am
I am a sailor on the raging depths, and I know a thing or two
Am F G D Am F = G Am
Back to the corner mates and over the side, yes, I know a thing or two
Solo: ( B C ) x4 D E AmC GmB FmG# E
Am C Gm B
By Silverfish Imperetrix whose incorrupted eye
Fm G# E
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
Am C Gm B Fm G# E
By Salamander, Drake, and the power that was undine, rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
F G D C D A
By those who see with their eyes closed, you'll know me by my black telescope
Am F G D Am F = G Am
Before my great conversion when the ridge was closed
Am F G D Am F = G Am
Before my visit to the workshop of telescopes
Solo: ( B C ) (4x) D E
Am C Gm B
By Silverfish Imperetrix whose incorrupted eye
Fm G# E
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
Am C Gm B Fm G# E
By Salamander, Drake, and the power that was undine, rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
Am C Gm B Fm G# E5 A
By those who see with their eyes closed, you'll know me by
* note E5 is just alternating EBb notes (or AEb notes in original key)
Written by Eric Bloom/Albert Bouchard/Joe Bouchard/Allen Lanier/Sandy Pearlman/Donald Roeser