The Animals chords by Helena Deland

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♫ Intro:

G G G G


♫ Verse 1:

G
We went up the mountain
           Bm7
Last Friday night
All of the animals
                  Bm7
Were out in plain sight
            G
They didn’t bid us to follow them
                    Bm7
They didn’t hiss us away
No, to us, my love
                     G       G6     G7    G9
They had nothing to say

♫ Chorus:

          G
And while you saw the tremor
And you saw the wings
            C
You saw the glistening white teeth
                             Bm
I was busy with things in my mind
  C            Bm
Things that I tend to
     C           G              G
As though to survive

♫ Verse 2:
        G
I’m not proud I was asking you
                    Bm7
Do you dim yourself down?
             Bm7
Do you say terrible things about me
              G
When I’m not around?
            G
You sweep a hand through the clearing
              Bm7
Say can’t you see?
             Bm7
There ain’t anything threatening you here
            G      G6     G7    G9
Least of all me


♫ Chorus:
           G
Put your life on the easel
There, right next to mine
          C
We ain’t living like weasels
                              Bm
We don’t have the time, never will
C              Bm          G
All of the creatures made for the dark woods
Whooping, that’s what I heard
            C
What if the easel fell over
                                    Bm
And the paintings were burned to a crisp?


♫ Outro:
             C              Bm
Nights like these I can’t quite tell
  C           G
A fear from a wish