Workshop Of The Telescopes Chords & Tabs
Workshop Of The Telescopes Chords
Transpose -7 steps with buttons on the left for original key, (or leave like this
to sing with baritones!). (I had to shift 7.3 to match original). Ask if you want
chord fingering help.
Intro: E-5 Am-C Gm-B Fm-G# 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
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Solo: ( B C ) x4 D E Am-C Gm-B Fm-G# 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 ) x4 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# E-5 A
By those who see with their eyes closed, you'll know me by
* note E-5 is just alternating E-Bb notes (or A-Eb notes in original key)