Perfumed Garden chords by The Chameleons

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D  E  Asus4 x4

E6 G#m7 C#m B6sus4 x2

Verse 1:

    E6          G#m7
You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips,
   C#m            B6sus4
I can make that trip
E6              G#m7
And all life's fears could invade my ears
   C#m            B6sus4
I can handle it
   E6         G#m7
I can call on a friend I can laugh with a friend
    C#m           B6sus4
That I know from school
    E6              G#m7
Oh and some of them won't 'cus they've still not discovered
   C#m           B6sus4
The golden rule

Chorus:

D        E    C#m7    F#m7
I thought some stories I heard from long ago
D  E         C#m7    F#m7
As I went through the perfume garden
D     E        C#m7   F#m7
I haven't yet learned to tame the creature there
D     E    C#m7  F#m7
I think I might be onto something

E6 G#m7 C#m B6sus4 x2

Verse 2:

  E6        G#m7
All across the town and across the street
      C#m       B6sus4
You could feel the heat
    E6            G#m7
Let me tell you, friend, they could hardly wait
   C#m          B6sus4
To mark your sheet
    E6        G#m7
It was maximum joy for the men they employed
  C#m           B6sus4
To hold you down
    E6            G#m7
Well, I hope that now you know that this isn't the bliss
     C#m        B6sus4
That you thought you'd found

Chorus:

D        E    C#m7    F#m7
I thought of stories I heard from long ago
D     E    C#m7  F#m7
Meant for my ears, no one else's
D     E       C#m7   F#m7
I haven't yet learned to tame the creature there
D     E    C#m7  F#m7
I think I might be onto something
D     E    C#m7   F#m7
I think I might be onto something

D     E    C#m7   F#m7  x3

C#m B6sus2 G#m Emaj9

Verse 3:
C#m          B6sus2
Listening hard for the voice of the child
G#m          Emaj7
Thought I heard an alarm bell ringing
C#m             B6sus2
Pulled from my sleep by invisible hands
G#m         Emaj7
The lady dances, the lady singing.
C#m         B6sus2
I see the faces come into the light
 G#m            Emaj7
A carpet of light that they wrapped around me
C#m           B6sus2
I had the good sense to bide my time
   G#m        Emaj7
From here on in we must move more slowly.

E6 G#m7 C#m B6sus4

Verse 1:

E6              G#m7
You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips,
   C#m            B6sus4
I can make that trip
E6              G#m7
And all life's fears could invade my ears
   C#m            B6sus4
I can handle it
   E6         G#m7
I can call on a friend I can laugh with a friend
    C#m           B6sus4
That I know from school
E6              G#m7
Oh and some of them won't 'cus they've still not discovered
   C#m           B6sus4
The golden rule

C#m B6sus2 G#m x2

Outro:

C#m         B6sus2
Listen hard for the ghost of the child
  Emaj7
And you may hear an alarm bell ringing
C#m              B6sus2
Pulled from your sleep by invisible hands
  Emaj7
The distant sound of a lady singing.