Biography:
The Cog is Dead is a steampunk band with music of various styles. Their influences range from rock and roll to ragtime to russian folk music and movie scores. The members all portray steampunk timetravelers from the year 1893. As a time traveling band they travel to various points of time spreading their message to save steam power and analog clockwork while playing their marvelous melodies for all to hear and enjoy. Along the way they have discovered several types of marvelous music which has helped to inspire their own.
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Mechanical Menagerie
Intro: E A D B
Verse:
E A
There's a place
D
You've got to go
B
It's better than
E
A West End show
A
A brilliant man
D
Has built machines
B
More wonderful
E
Than you could dream
Amazing robots on display
In London town this saturday
The Mechanical Menagerie
So step right up and see
Chorus:
E A
Look at all the animals
D B E
A robot lover's fantasy come true
A
Every one's mechanical
D B E
In this splendid automated zoo
Wondrous sights
Will fill your eyes
A clockwork crow
That really flies
And metal monkeys
That climb trees
See tick-tock tigers
And bionic bees
Wind-up wombats walk the ground
Astounding works are all around
The Mechanical Menagerie
Is quite the place to be
Look at all the animals
A robot lover's fantasy come true
Every one's mechanical
D B F#m
In this splendid automated zoo
Bridge: F#m F#m B B
"Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and behold, the most amazing animatronic creatures
ever created! From the steam-powered swan to the gear-filled gorilla, this is truly a
sight to see! You don't want to miss it!"
Look at all the animals
A robot lover's fantasy come true
Every one's mechanical
In this splendid automated zoo
Bring the wife and kids along
Creatures truly marvelous to see
Something here for everyone
At the new mechanical menagerie
Intro: E A D B
Verse:
E A
There's a place
D
You've got to go
B
It's better than
E
A West End show
A
A brilliant man
D
Has built machines
B
More wonderful
E
Than you could dream
Amazing robots on display
In London town this saturday
The Mechanical Menagerie
So step right up and see
Chorus:
E A
Look at all the animals
D B E
A robot lover's fantasy come true
A
Every one's mechanical
D B E
In this splendid automated zoo
Wondrous sights
Will fill your eyes
A clockwork crow
That really flies
And metal monkeys
That climb trees
See tick-tock tigers
And bionic bees
Wind-up wombats walk the ground
Astounding works are all around
The Mechanical Menagerie
Is quite the place to be
Look at all the animals
A robot lover's fantasy come true
Every one's mechanical
D B F#m
In this splendid automated zoo
Bridge: F#m F#m B B
"Ladies and gentlemen, step right up and behold, the most amazing animatronic creatures
ever created! From the steam-powered swan to the gear-filled gorilla, this is truly a
sight to see! You don't want to miss it!"
Look at all the animals
A robot lover's fantasy come true
Every one's mechanical
In this splendid automated zoo
Bring the wife and kids along
Creatures truly marvelous to see
Something here for everyone
At the new mechanical menagerie
The Contortionis (...)
The Contours
The Coral
The Coronas
The Corries