Kunci Gitar Army ants
Tom Waits
Tom Waits

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Kunci: C minor
Verse 1
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The Whirligig Beetles are wary and fast with
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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
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Dm
The Ribbed Pine Borer is a longhorn beetle
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Their antennas are half the length of their body
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and they feed on dead red pine
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Robber Flies, with their immobile heads,
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inject a paralyzing fluid into their prey
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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
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and a protracted tube from the abdomen
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Bm
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To enable moisture absorption
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The
Verse 2
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female Praying Mantis de vours
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the male while they are mating.
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The male sometimes continues copulating even
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after the female has bitten off his head
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And part of his upper torso
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Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant,
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lock their mandibles into position
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Stretch out at right angles to the stem and,
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with legs dangling, they fall asleep
Verse 3
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If one places a minute amount
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of liquor on a scorpion
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It will instantly go mad and sting itself
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to death
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The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed
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Defends itself by emitting
a series of explosions
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Sometimes setting off four or five
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reports in succession
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The noises sound like miniature
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popgun blasts
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And are accompanied by a cloud of reddish- coloured,
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vile- smelling flu id
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It is commonly known that
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ants keep slaves
Certain species,
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the so- called Sanguinary Ants in particular
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Will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen
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Bm
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and then kidnap many of the workers
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The workers are brought back to the captor's hive where they
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are coerced into performing menial tasks
Verse 4
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And as we discussed last semester,
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the Army Ants will leave nothing but your bones
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Perhaps you've encountered some
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of these insects in your communities
Displaying both their predatory and defense
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characteristics
While imbedded within the walls
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of flesh and passing for
What is most commonly recognized
As human

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