Praying Mantis chords by Don Dixon

Don Dixon - Praying Mantis
Album: Most Of The Girls Like To Dance But Only Some Of The Boys Like To (1985)
CAPO: none
CHORDS: C Bb F A D#

Changes: Original rec chords, fixed phrases, fixed lyrics, timing, improved intro/base
tab  etc.

     C     Bb    F     A     D#
e||--0-----1-----1-----0-----3--||
B||--1-----3-----1-----2-----4--||
G||--0-----3-----2-----2-----3--||
D||--3-----3-----3-----2-----5--||
A||--4-----x-----x-----x-----x--||
E||--x-----x-----x-----x-----x--||

Intro (bass line)

E[---------------------------------|
B[---------------------------------|
G[---------------------------------|
D[---------------------------------|
A[-7-7----5-5----------------------|
E[-----5-5-----567-----------------|


Verse 1

C        F         Bb            F        C - F - Bb - F
I saw a girl, she reminded me of you

C            F            Bb            F         C - F - Bb - F
She did the things that a girl like you might do

C             F             Bb              F       C - F - Bb - F
Her body was green and she had two vicious jaws

C                 F          Bb                  F      C - F - Bb - F
She polished her mate as she kissed him with her claws


Bridge

         C    F               Bb  F
Yeah but I'll survive, it was on tv

         C          F          Bb         F
She had six strong legs and it frightened me

         C     F    Bb                 F
She had insect eyes but I could still see

         C             F   Bb          F
That the look she gave him you give to me


Chorus

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

    C       F
but I can't help it

Bb                    F
I've been too frantic too long


Verse 2

     C           F         Bb                 F        C - F - Bb - F
She bit off his head so he would not feel the pain

    C           F               Bb      F        C - F - Bb - F
She wanted his body so much she ate his brain


Bridge

         C    F               Bb    F
Yeah but I'll survive, no you won't catch me

      C          F           Bb       F
I'll resist the urge that is tempting me

     C        F     Bb            F
I'll avert my eyes, keep you off my knee

       C        F             Bb      F
But it feels so good when you talk to me


Chorus

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

    C       F
but I can't help it

Bb                    F
I've been too frantic too long

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

              C       F
I feel like a praying mantis

  Bb         F
I sense your antics

    C       F
but I can't help it

Bb                    F
I've been too frantic too long

(instrumental - there is a base line that could be played here  - Dixon played bass)
    C    F   Bb    F


Bridge

         C     F              Bb F
Yeah but I'll survive, it was on TV

        C           F          Bb         F
She had six strong legs and it frightened me

        C      F          Bb          F
She had insect eyes but I could still see

         C             F       Bb      F
that the look she gave him you give to me

Chorus

I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)

I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)

I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)

I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)

I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)

I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)

I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a praying mantis)

I sense your antics but I can't help it (I sense your antics but I can't help it)

I've been too frantic too long (I've been too frantic too long)

I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a prey)

I sense your antics but I can't help it

I've been too frantic too long

I feel like a praying mantis (I feel like a prey)

I sense your antics but I can't help it

I've been too frantic too long