Ivy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][Em][Dm][Em][F][E][Em][F][Em][F][Em][Dm][Em][F][Em][E][Em]
[G][F][Eb]
[Dm]

[Verse 1]
When I used to [F]live here as a [Em]poacher [E]of [Em]men[F][Em][Dm]
The ivy made [F]a moustache round
[Em]the door[E][Em][G][Gm][F][Eb][Dm]
Now [Em]that [F]the people have [Em]all
[E]disappeared[F][Em][F][Em]
[Dm]There is only left the faint im[F]pression
of a cube in [E]leaves[G][Eb]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Tendrils surging [F]up
Ahh[Em]hh- ahhhhhh- ahhhh
[F]Overflowing cup

[Interlude 1]
[F][Em][Dm][Em][F][E][Em][F][Em]
[F][Em][Dm][Em][F][Em][E][Em][G][Gm][F][Eb][Dm]

[Verse 3]
I instructed my [F]boy in the art of
[Em]dressing [E]game[Em][F][Em][Dm]
And gave him my [F]granddad's knife on
the day [Em]he b[E]ecame a [Em]man[G][F][Eb]
[Dm]And watched from the kitchen windo[F]w
as he was [Em]swallowed by thе trees
[F]I k[Em]ept a[Dm] vigil for a month[Em] before [F]I
madе a fire [E]of his hissing [G]clothes[F]

[Verse 4]
[Em]Tendrils surging [F]up
[Em]Ahhhh- ahhhhhh- ahhhh

[Interlude 2]
Overflowing cup
[F][Dm]
[Gm][Dm]

[Verse 5]
He sought [Dm]passage aboard
a ship bound for Naxos
But they altered the course
to sell him as a slave
He filled their ears with the sound
of a thousand reeds
Which drove them out of their
minds and into the sea
The black beams of the
[Eb]deck [Dm]ooze wine
And the mast [Eb]turns to a vine

[Interlude 3]
[Dm][Gm]
[Dm]
[Gm][Dm][Gm][Dm]
[Gm][Dm]

[Verse 6]
[Dm]To Ikarios taught the secret of winemaking
But the drunk shepherds thought
poisoned they had been
So they stoned him to death
In plain view of his daughter
Who threw her dog down a well
And hung herself from a tree
A god [Eb]overwhelmed with s[Dm]or row
Paints his friend [Eb]among the stars
[Dm]

[Verse 7]
His own cousin refused
to recognise his power
Thus the menfolk of Athens were
rendered impotent
Pentheus [Eb]him self was [Dm]torn
Limb from limb by [Eb]his own [Dm]mother
[F]Good wine [Eb]needs [A]no bush
[F][Dm]

[Verse 8]
He reluct[Em]antly [F]granted the wish of
[Em]a greedy [E]king[Em][Em][F][Dm]
That everything he [F]touched would turn
[Em]to g[Em]old;[G][Eb][Dm]
An oak [Em]twig, [F]a pebble,
[E]a bee[Em]tle[Em][F]
[Dm]As the world around him tu[Em]rned t[F]o stone
, the king was quite de[E]lighted[G][Dm]
He very soon [F]realised the error [Em]of
his [Em]choice[Em][F][Em][Dm]
A roll of [F]bread turned to [Em]a nugget
[E]in his [Em]hand[G][Eb][Dm]
The petals [Em]of his fl[F]ower petrified
[Em]falling [E]scentless[F][Em]
[Dm]Reaching out to hold his daughter,
[F]he recoiled in horror as she
[E]froze in his [G]em brace

[Verse 9]
[Em]Tendrils surging [F]up
Ahh[Em]hh- ahhhhhh- ahhhh
[F]Overflowing cup
On [Em]a panther

[Verse 10]
[Dm]he r[Em]ides[F]
[Em]out to the under[Em]world
[F]In [Em]his f[Dm]ist [Em]held a[F]loft a f[Em]ennel wand[G]
[Eb]Seek[Dm]ing to e[Em]xtric[F]ate[Em]
[E]his [Em]moth[Em]er
[F]From the [Dm]torments of [F]fate's flame
[Em][G]

[Verse 11]
[Em]Tendrils surging up
Ahhhh- ah[F]hhhhh- ahh[Em]hh
[F]Overflowing cup

[Outro 1]
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