Army ants: accordi di
Tom Waits
Tom Waits

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Tonalità: C minor
Verse 1
Dm
Dm

E
E

Dm
Dm

F
F

Dm
Dm

E
E

The Whirligig Beetles are wary and fast with
D
D

E
E

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
Dm
Dm

E
E

Dm
Dm

The Ribbed Pine Borer is a longhorn beetle
E
E

Their antennas are half the length of their body
Am
Am

E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Dm
Dm

and they feed on dead red pine
E
E

Dm
Dm

Robber Flies, with their immobile heads,
E
E

Dm
Dm

E
E

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

inject a paralyzing fluid into their prey
D
D

E
E

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
Am
Am

and a protracted tube from the abdomen
Dm
Dm

D
D

Bm
Bm

E
E

To enable moisture absorption
Am
Am

The
Verse 2
E
E

D
D

E
E

C#
C#

B
B

female Praying Mantis de vours
E
E

the male while they are mating.
B
B

E
E

Am
Am

D
D

E
E

The male sometimes continues copulating even
B
B

A
A

Am
Am

after the female has bitten off his head
E
E

And part of his upper torso
Am
Am

E
E

Am
Am

Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant,
Dm
Dm

E
E

lock their mandibles into position
G#m
G#m

E
E

D
D

Stretch out at right angles to the stem and,
E
E

Dm
Dm

C#
C#

E
E

Dm
Dm

E
E

Am
Am

E
E

with legs dangling, they fall asleep
Verse 3
Dm
Dm

If one places a minute amount
E
E

of liquor on a scorpion
Dm
Dm

E
E

G#m
G#m

E
E

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

It will instantly go mad and sting itself
G#m
G#m

E
E

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

to death
E
E

The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed
B
B

E
E

Defends itself by emitting
a series of explosions
G#m
G#m

E
E

Sometimes setting off four or five
Dm
Dm

E
E

reports in succession
Am
Am

The noises sound like miniature
Dm
Dm

E
E

popgun blasts
Dm
Dm

E
E

B
B

E
E

And are accompanied by a cloud of reddish- coloured,
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

E
E

vile- smelling flu id
B
B

E
E

It is commonly known that
Am
Am

D
D

E
E

ants keep slaves
Certain species,
E
E

the so- called Sanguinary Ants in particular
Dm
Dm

G#m
G#m

Dm
Dm

E
E

D
D

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

Will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen
E
E

Bm
Bm

D
D

E
E

Dm
Dm

Am
Am

D
D

and then kidnap many of the workers
Dm
Dm

E
E

C#
C#

E
E

The workers are brought back to the captor's hive where they
E
E

C#
C#

E
E

Dm
Dm

E
E

D
D

Dm
Dm

are coerced into performing menial tasks
Verse 4
E
E

And as we discussed last semester,
E
E

Dm
Dm

E
E

the Army Ants will leave nothing but your bones
Am
Am

Perhaps you've encountered some
E
E

of these insects in your communities
Displaying both their predatory and defense
D
D

characteristics
While imbedded within the walls
B
B

of flesh and passing for
What is most commonly recognized
As human

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