Perfumed Garden chords by The Chameleons

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D MajorD  E MajorE  Asus4Asus4 x4

E6E6 G#m7G#m7 C# minorC#m B6sus4 x2

Verse 1:

    E6E6          G#m7G#m7
You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips,
   C# minorC#m            B6sus4
I can make that trip
E6E6              G#m7G#m7
And all life's fears could invade my ears
   C# minorC#m            B6sus4
I can handle it
   E6E6         G#m7G#m7
I can call on a friend I can laugh with a friend
    C# minorC#m           B6sus4
That I know from school
    E6E6              G#m7G#m7
Oh and some of them won't 'cus they've still not discovered
   C# minorC#m           B6sus4
The golden rule

Chorus:

D MajorD        E MajorE    C#m7C#m7    F#m7F#m7
I thought some stories I heard from long ago
D MajorD  E MajorE         C#m7C#m7    F#m7F#m7
As I went through the perfume garden
D MajorD     E MajorE        C#m7C#m7   F#m7F#m7
I haven't yet learned to tame the creature there
D MajorD     E MajorE    C#m7C#m7  F#m7F#m7
I think I might be onto something

E6E6 G#m7G#m7 C# minorC#m B6sus4 x2

Verse 2:

  E6E6        G#m7G#m7
All across the town and across the street
      C# minorC#m       B6sus4
You could feel the heat
    E6E6            G#m7G#m7
Let me tell you, friend, they could hardly wait
   C# minorC#m          B6sus4
To mark your sheet
    E6E6        G#m7G#m7
It was maximum joy for the men they employed
  C# minorC#m           B6sus4
To hold you down
    E6E6            G#m7G#m7
Well, I hope that now you know that this isn't the bliss
     C# minorC#m        B6sus4
That you thought you'd found

Chorus:

D MajorD        E MajorE    C#m7C#m7    F#m7F#m7
I thought of stories I heard from long ago
D MajorD     E MajorE    C#m7C#m7  F#m7F#m7
Meant for my ears, no one else's
D MajorD     E MajorE       C#m7C#m7   F#m7F#m7
I haven't yet learned to tame the creature there
D MajorD     E MajorE    C#m7C#m7  F#m7F#m7
I think I might be onto something
D MajorD     E MajorE    C#m7C#m7   F#m7F#m7
I think I might be onto something

D MajorD     E MajorE    C#m7C#m7   F#m7F#m7  x3

C# minorC#m B6sus2 G# minorG#m EMaj9Emaj9

Verse 3:
C# minorC#m          B6sus2
Listening hard for the voice of the child
G# minorG#m          EMaj7Emaj7
Thought I heard an alarm bell ringing
C# minorC#m             B6sus2
Pulled from my sleep by invisible hands
G# minorG#m         EMaj7Emaj7
The lady dances, the lady singing.
C# minorC#m         B6sus2
I see the faces come into the light
 G# minorG#m            EMaj7Emaj7
A augmentedA carpet of light that they wrapped around me
C# minorC#m           B6sus2
I had the good sense to bide my time
   G# minorG#m        EMaj7Emaj7
From here on in we must move more slowly.

E6E6 G#m7G#m7 C# minorC#m B6sus4

Verse 1:

E6E6              G#m7G#m7
You can seal your lips, you can shake your hips,
   C# minorC#m            B6sus4
I can make that trip
E6E6              G#m7G#m7
And all life's fears could invade my ears
   C# minorC#m            B6sus4
I can handle it
   E6E6         G#m7G#m7
I can call on a friend I can laugh with a friend
    C# minorC#m           B6sus4
That I know from school
E6E6              G#m7G#m7
Oh and some of them won't 'cus they've still not discovered
   C# minorC#m           B6sus4
The golden rule

C# minorC#m B6sus2 G# minorG#m x2

Outro:

C# minorC#m         B6sus2
Listen hard for the ghost of the child
  EMaj7Emaj7
And you may hear an alarm bell ringing
C# minorC#m              B6sus2
Pulled from your sleep by invisible hands
  EMaj7Emaj7
The distant sound of a lady singing.