On The Amazon chords by Don Mclean

Chords with lyrics

On The Amazon
Sung by Don McLean
Words by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, music by Vivian Ellis
From 1927 British musical, "Mr. Cinders"

Intro:
G minorGm       D7D7   G minorGm      D7sus4D7sus4   D MajorD+  D MajorD
There's a danger zone, not a stranger zone
G minorGm  Gm7Gm7    Cm7Cm7    Cm6Cm6 A7-9 A7-5 A7A7   D7D7
Than the little plot I walk on that  I  call my home.
G minorGm      D7D7   G minorGm        D7sus4D7sus4  D MajorD+  D MajorD
Full of eerie sights, weird and skeerie sights
G minorGm      Cm7Cm7   Cm6Cm6  A7-9    D7D7     Gm7Gm7
Ev'ry vicious animal that creeps and crawls and bites.

Verse 1:
D7D7   G+G   E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7   D7D7
On the Amazon  the prophylactics prowl,
    G+G   E minor 7Em7    Am7Am7   D7D7
On the Amazon  the hypodermics howl,
    G+G   E minor 7Em7       Am6Am6  D7D7
On the Amazon  you'll hear a scarab scowl
  G+G    E7E7 Am7Am7   A7-5  D7D7
And sting,   zodiacs on the wing.
    G+G      E minor 7Em7       Am7Am7  D7D7
All the stalactites   and vicious vertebrae
     G+G      E minor 7Em7      Am7Am7  D7D7
Hunt the stalagmites   while laryngitis slay
    G+G     E minor 7Em7         Am6Am6     Am7Am7   D7D7
All the parasites    that come from Paraguay in Spring...mmmmmm
Dm7/G  C majorC    C minorCm         G+G   F#F#  FF  E MajorE
Snarling equinox among the rocks will seize      you,
E7E7   A7A7        A minorAm       D9D9
And the Fahrenheit comes out at night to freeze you.
D7D7   G+G   E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7  D7D7
Wild duodenum are lurking in the trees
    G+G       E minor 7Em7     Am6Am6  D7D7
And the jungle swarms with green apostrophes.
    G+G    E minorEm  Am7Am7 D7D7  G+G  C#dimC#dim  Am7Am7
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing me.

C#dim: Am7:

Verse 2:
D7D7   G+G   E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7   D7D7
On the Amazon   the pax vobiscum bite,
    G+G   E minor 7Em7    Am7Am7   D7D7
On the Amazon   the epiglottis fight,
    G+G   E minor 7Em7       Am6Am6       D7D7
On the Amazon   the hemispheres at night all slink,
  G+G    E7E7 Am7Am7   A7-5  D7D7
Where the    agnostics drink.
    G+G      E minor 7Em7       Am7Am7    D7D7
All the hippodromes   that lie concealed in mud
     G+G      E minor 7Em7       Am7Am7     D7D7
Join the metronomes    that live in swamp and flood;
     G+G     E minor 7Em7         Am6Am6     Am7Am7    D7D7
Then the kodachromes   come out and drink their blood, Poor ginks.
Dm7/G  C majorC    C minorCm         G+G   F#F#  FF  E MajorE
While velocipedes among the weeds will scare     you,
E7E7   A7A7        A minorAm       D9D9
And the menopause with hungry jaws ensnares you.
D7D7   G+G     E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7      D7D7
Frenzied adenoids   infest the hills and slopes,
    G+G       E minor 7Em7     Am6Am6    D7D7
Ev'ry one avoids      the deadly stethoscopes.
    G+G    E minorEm  Am7Am7  D7D7
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing,
     G+G   E minorEm   Am7Am7 D7D7
Yes, the Amazon is  call-ing,
    G+G   E minorEm  Am7Am7 D7D7  G+G
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing  me.