On The Amazon chords by Don Mclean

On The Amazon
Sung by Don McLean
Words by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, music by Vivian Ellis
From 1927 British musical, "Mr. Cinders"

Intro:
Gm       D7   Gm      D7sus4   D+  D
There's a danger zone, not a stranger zone
Gm  Gm7    Cm7    Cm6 A7-9 A7-5 A7   D7
Than the little plot I walk on that  I  call my home.
Gm      D7   Gm        D7sus4  D+  D
Full of eerie sights, weird and skeerie sights
Gm      Cm7   Cm6  A7-9    D7     Gm7
Ev'ry vicious animal that creeps and crawls and bites.

Verse 1:
D7   G   Em7     Am7   D7
On the Amazon  the prophylactics prowl,
    G   Em7    Am7   D7
On the Amazon  the hypodermics howl,
    G   Em7       Am6  D7
On the Amazon  you'll hear a scarab scowl
  G    E7 Am7   A7-5  D7
And sting,   zodiacs on the wing.
    G      Em7       Am7  D7
All the stalactites   and vicious vertebrae
     G      Em7      Am7  D7
Hunt the stalagmites   while laryngitis slay
    G     Em7         Am6     Am7   D7
All the parasites    that come from Paraguay in Spring...mmmmmm
Dm7/G  C    Cm         G   F#  F  E
Snarling equinox among the rocks will seize      you,
E7   A7        Am       D9
And the Fahrenheit comes out at night to freeze you.
D7   G   Em7     Am7  D7
Wild duodenum are lurking in the trees
    G       Em7     Am6  D7
And the jungle swarms with green apostrophes.
    G    Em  Am7 D7  G  C#dim  Am7
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing me.

C#dim: Am7:

Verse 2:
D7   G   Em7     Am7   D7
On the Amazon   the pax vobiscum bite,
    G   Em7    Am7   D7
On the Amazon   the epiglottis fight,
    G   Em7       Am6       D7
On the Amazon   the hemispheres at night all slink,
  G    E7 Am7   A7-5  D7
Where the    agnostics drink.
    G      Em7       Am7    D7
All the hippodromes   that lie concealed in mud
     G      Em7       Am7     D7
Join the metronomes    that live in swamp and flood;
     G     Em7         Am6     Am7    D7
Then the kodachromes   come out and drink their blood, Poor ginks.
Dm7/G  C    Cm         G   F#  F  E
While velocipedes among the weeds will scare     you,
E7   A7        Am       D9
And the menopause with hungry jaws ensnares you.
D7   G     Em7     Am7      D7
Frenzied adenoids   infest the hills and slopes,
    G       Em7     Am6    D7
Ev'ry one avoids      the deadly stethoscopes.
    G    Em  Am7  D7
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing,
     G   Em   Am7 D7
Yes, the Amazon is  call-ing,
    G   Em  Am7 D7  G
Oh, the Amazon is  call-ing  me.