Summer
cannibals
F - G - Am - C - G - Am (2x)
C G Am F G
Am
1. I was down in
C
G Am F G Am
as the street beneath my feet descending into air.
+ F - G - Am - C - G - Am
C
G Am
F G Am
2. The cauldron was a-bubbling, the flesh was lean,
C - G Am
F G Am
and the women moved forward like piranhas in a stream.
C G
Am
F G Am
They spread
themselves before me, an offering so sweet,
C G Am
F G
Am
and they beckoned and they beckoned : Come on, darling, eat
!
F G Am
C G Am
Eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G Am
C
G
Am
You eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
+ F - G - Am
- C - G - Am
C - G Am F
G Am
3. They circled
around me, natives in a ring,
C
G
Am F G Am
and I saw their souls a-withering like snakes in chains.
C G
Am F
- G Am
And they
wrapped themselves around me, mm, what
a treat !
C - G
Am F G
Am
And they
rattled their tales hissing’, “Come
on let’s eat !
F
G Am C G
Am
Eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G
Am C
G Am
You eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
+ F - G - Am
- C - G - Am (4x)
C G
Am F
G Am
4. I felt a rising in my throat, the girls a-saying grace,
C
G Am F G
Am
and the air, the viscious air,
pressed against my face.
C G Am
F G Am
And it all
got too damn much for me, just got too damn rough,
C G
Am F
- G Am
and I pushed away my plate and said, “Boys I've had
enough !”
C
G
Am F G Am
And I laid
upon the table another piece of meat,
C
G Am F - G Am
and I opened up my veins to them and said, “Come on, eat !
F
G Am C G
Am
Eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G Am C
G Am
You eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G Am C
G Am
You eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G Am C
G Am
You eat the summer cannibals, eat eat eat !
F G Am C G
Am
+
‘Cause I was down in
F G
Am C
G Am
as the street beneath my feet, descending into hell.
F
G Am
So eat eat eat !
F
G Am
You eat eat eat !
F G Am
You eat eat eat !
F
G Am
Eat eat eat !
(Patti
Smith)