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
I feel like a prey
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