Chords for Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Millions of Eels

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_ _ The eggs hatch _ within a week of deposition in the Sargasso Sea. _ _
[G] _ _ _ Fertilization is external.
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_ The adult eels are presumed to die after spawning. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ The Leptocephalus is the larval [C#] form,
a stage strikingly different from the adult form [Bm] the eels will grow into.
They are transparent, [G] with a small pointed head and large teeth. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ The laterally compressed larvae [C#] are passively transported to the coastal waters
by [Bm] the surface currents of the Gulf Stream system. _ _
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[Bm] _ As they enter the continental shelf, _
_ Leptocephaly metamorphose into glass begins.
The young eels, _ they are transparent and possess the [B] typical elongated serpentine eel shape. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Young eels use selective [F#m] tidal stream transport to move up. _
[Bm] As they enter coastal waters, the animals [F#m] essentially [Em] _ [Bm] transform.
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[E] Out of the Sargasso Sea. _ _ _
[C#m] Out, out, out of the Sargasso Sea. _
[C] Out of the [Am] Sargasso Sea. _ _
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[C#] Out, out, out of the [C#m] Sargasso Sea. _
[C] Out of the Sargasso Sea.
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[Bm] _ Glass eels become progressively [F#m] pigmented as [C#] they approach the shore.
These eels [Bm] are termed elvers.
_ The melanic pigmentation [Em] process occurs in [C#] coastal waters. _ _
[Bm] _ _ At this phase of the life cycle, [C#] the eel is still sexually _ undifferentiated. _ _
[Bm] _ _ The yellow eel is a sexually immature [Em] adult stage of the eel. _ _ _
[Bm] They begin to develop a yellow color and a creamy or [F#] yellowish belly.
_ _ _ Sexual [Em] differentiation [Bm] occurs during the yellow stage. _ _
[B] As the maturation process proceeds, the yellow eel [Bm] metamorphoses into a silver eel.
_ _ The silvering [F#] metamorphosis results in [Em] morphological and physiological [Bm] modifications _ that prepare the animal to [Em] migrate back to the Sargasso Sea. _
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[E] Back to the [Em] Sargasso Sea. _ _
[C#] Back, back, back to the Sargasso Sea.
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Back to the Sargasso Sea. _ _
[C#m] Back, back, _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ back to [C] the Sargasso Sea. _ _ _
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