On a jungle planet half a galaxy away		C     E7
Commander Naismith of the Betan Survey		A7   D7
Cordelia – witness we can't afford		F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7
Radnov's mutineers tried to strand us		C     E7
Those scum are worse than the Cetagandans!	A7   D7
Cordelia – how can we get out alive?		F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7

On a forced march across an alien plain		 F      C
Fuzzy giant crabs brought us to bay		 G7   C
She scattered them by seizing fire from the sky	 F      C
And torched this “hired killer's” heart that day G7   G5

Stunned mutineers scattered on the floor	C     E7
She shot them all and wafted out the door	A7   D7
Cordelia – teaching Vor craft to the Vor!	F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7
Ges Vorrutyer tried to make her his toy		C     E7
But Bothari just wasn't his boy			A7   D7
Cordelia – touch her and pay with your life!	F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7

Now that Admiral Vorrutyer's dead		F      C
We have to hide, no way to flee			G7   C
If we get caught by Prince Serg's patrols	F      C
Cordelia'll be the death of me!			G7   G5

Fast smart and deadly – solid as a mountain	C     E7
She pours honour out like a fountain		A7   D7
Cordelia: more Vor than the Vor			F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7

Was it something that somebody said		F      C
You know we shattered every rule		G7   C
Can a Betan be a Vor lord's bride		F      C
Captain you know I'd die for you!		G7   G5

Doesn't she want to be noble & rich		C     E7
Was she just giving me the Betan switch?	A7   D7
Cordelia - please darken my door.		F7   G7      C A7 D7 G7
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