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I Took The Poisoned Pawn

Poisoned Pawn Main 10.e5 · sung from Black's side

Verse 1

Pawn to e4, I play c5 1.e4 c5

Pawn to d6, I take on d4 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

Knight to f6, pawn to a6 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6

Pawn to e6, queen to b6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6

Queen takes b2, queen to a3 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3

He plays e5, my knight is hit 10.e5

Chorus

Pawn to h6, I ask his bishop 10...h6 11.Bh4

Take on e5, knight to d7 11...dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4

Queen takes a2, queen to d5 13...Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3

Two pawns up and still alive

Verse 2

Queen takes e5, bishop to c5 15...Qxe5 16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bg3

Bishop takes d4, queen to a5 17...Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qa5+ 19.Rd2

Three pawns up, my a-pawn runs

His king on e1 waits too long

Take e5 too soon and he scores

Chorus

Pawn to h6, I ask his bishop 10...h6 11.Bh4

Take on e5, knight to d7 11...dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4

Queen takes a2, queen to d5 13...Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3

Two pawns up and still alive

Bridge

The sharpest road the Sicilian knows

The queens stay on, no endgame peace

He has one main line, I know it well

My passed a-pawn is the prize

Chorus

Pawn to h6, I ask his bishop 10...h6 11.Bh4

Take on e5, knight to d7 11...dxe5 12.fxe5 Nfd7 13.Ne4

Queen takes a2, queen to d5 13...Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3

Two pawns up and still alive

Outro

Queen takes e5, the third pawn is mine 15...Qxe5

He set the bait, I took the line