[Intro]
Em A F#m
C G Am F C G C
[Verse 1]
Em A Em
As if you know the story of Wallowa Lake
C G Am
Leviathan first hid in the deep where her children sleep
D G
She kept them hidden from the plague
Em A Em
But have you heard the story of my mother’s fate?
Em C Am G C Am
She left us in Detroit in the rain with a pillowcase
D G C
Fortune for the paperweight
[Verse 2]
Em A
We followed her to Joseph, near the Indian raid
G Em C G Am
She wept among the weeds, hide and seek, for the fallen chief
G
Spathiphyllum on his grave
Em A F#m A G
And like the cedar waxwing, she was drunk all day
C G Am
We put her in the sheet, little wreath, candles on the crate
D G
As the monster showed its face
[Chorus 1]
D C F
As she waits for her children in the shade
Am
Demogorgon or demigod the ghost parade
A# Am C D A
No oblation will bring her back to our place
C G A# F G
[Verse 3]
Em D G
She stayed within the deep end of Wallowa Lake
Em C G Am
The undertow refrained with the flame of a feathered snake
G
Charybdis in its shallow grave
Em A G
She gave us one last feature, the fullness of her face
Em C G Am
In the shade of "Hin-mah-too-yah…" (Red Napoleon)
G
As the demon took her place
[Chorus 2]
D C F
As we wait for the waters to reside
Am
Her remarkable stoicism and her pride
A# F Am D A
When the dragon submerged we knew she had died
[Instrumental Outro]
C G
D A C G x6
Bm F#m Am Em
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D F#m Am Em
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Em F#m Am Em
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