Tonalità: C minor
Verse 1
Gm
A
Gm
Bb
Gm
A
The Whirligig Beetles are wary and fast with
G
A
an organ to detect the ripples
The Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside
other insects along the borders of fields
Or roads in clusters of
white cocoons
Gm
A
Gm
The Ribbed Pine Borer is a longhorn beetle
A
Their antennas are half the length of their body
Dm
A
G
A
G
Gm
and they feed on dead red pine
A
Gm
Robber Flies, with their immobile heads,
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Gm
A
Dm
Gm
inject a paralyzing fluid into their prey
G
A
That they snatch from life in mid- air
The Snow Flea's mode of locomotion,
strange and odd
With a spiny tail mechanism with hooks
Dm
and a protracted tube from the abdomen
Gm
G
Em
A
To enable moisture absorption
Dm
The
Verse 2
A
G
A
F#
E
female Praying Mantis de vours
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the male while they are mating.
E
A
Dm
G
A
The male sometimes continues copulating even
E
D
Dm
after the female has bitten off his head
A
And part of his upper torso
Dm
A
Dm
Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant,
Gm
A
lock their mandibles into position
C#m
A
G
Stretch out at right angles to the stem and,
A
Gm
F#
A
Gm
A
Dm
A
with legs dangling, they fall asleep
Verse 3
Gm
If one places a minute amount
A
of liquor on a scorpion
Gm
A
C#m
A
Dm
Gm
It will instantly go mad and sting itself
C#m
A
Gm
Dm
to death
A
The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed
E
A
Defends itself by emitting
a series of explosions
C#m
A
Sometimes setting off four or five
Gm
A
reports in succession
Dm
The noises sound like miniature
Gm
A
popgun blasts
Gm
A
E
A
And are accompanied by a cloud of reddish- coloured,
C#m
F#
A
vile- smelling flu id
E
A
It is commonly known that
Dm
G
A
ants keep slaves
Certain species,
A
the so- called Sanguinary Ants in particular
Gm
C#m
Gm
A
G
Gm
Dm
Will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen
A
Em
G
A
Gm
Dm
G
and then kidnap many of the workers
Gm
A
F#
A
The workers are brought back to the captor's hive where they
A
F#
A
Gm
A
G
Gm
are coerced into performing menial tasks
Verse 4
A
And as we discussed last semester,
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Gm
A
the Army Ants will leave nothing but your bones
Dm
Perhaps you've encountered some
A
of these insects in your communities
Displaying both their predatory and defense
G
characteristics
While imbedded within the walls
E
of flesh and passing for
What is most commonly recognized
As human
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