oedipus chords by Regina Spektor
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Intro 1
(A minor) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (A minor) (E minor)
(D minor) (G major) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 1
(A minor) I'm
the king's thirty- second son (C major)
(F major) Born to him a thirty- (C major) second time (G major)
(A minor) Born to him with my (C major) hair still on
(F major) Born to him with two (C major) eyebrows on
And (G major) that's all I was (A minor) wearing (G major)
(C major) When I woke up star (G major) ing at (A minor) the world
(G major) My
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Verse 2
(A minor) mo m had been a rather (C major) crazy queen
But (F major) not at (C major) all a sex machine
She (A minor) liked to keep her body clean, clean
(C major) Thought the (F major) world to be
(C major) quite obscene
But she'd retire (G major) to her cham (A minor) bers
(G major) And (C major) we remain (G major) quite strangers (A minor)
(G major) And to (F major) see me made her
Verse 3
(A minor)
awful sad
(F major) And to touch me made her awful (A minor) sad
And to (F major) see me made (A minor) her awful
And to (F major) touch me made her (A minor) aw ful
Verse 4
I'm the king's (C major) thirty- second son
Man, (F major) all it took was thirty (C major) seconds time
But a (A minor) spoiled little prince (C major) I was not
Had a (F major) chamber maid and a
(C major) chamber pot
And there's (G major) thirty- one others just (A minor) like me
(G major) There's (C major) thirty- one others (G major) I can be (A minor)
(G major) Some (A minor) times I'd stand by the
Verse 5
(C major) royal walls
The (F major) sky'd be so big that it (C major) broke my soul
(G major) And I (A minor) stood on my toes to (C major) catch a glimpse (A minor)
(C major) Of my (F major) mother's eyes and my
(C major) mother's skin
But she'd (G major) re tire to her cham (A minor) bers (G major)
And (C major) we remain quite (G major) stranger (A minor) s
(G major) And to (F major) see me made her aw
Verse 6
(A minor) ful sad
And to (F major) touch me made her (A minor) aw ful sad
And to (F major) see me made her aw (A minor) ful
And to (F major) touch me made her (A minor) awful
Verse 7
(B flat major) And then one morning (E major) I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
(B flat major) Then one (E major) morning and I woke up and I thought Rex,
Rex, Rex
(B flat major) Then one (E major) morning I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
Verse 8
'Cause (F major) thirty- two is still
a goddamn number
(C major) Thirty- two still (A minor) counts
Gonna make it count, gonna make
it count, gonna oh oh
(F major) Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
(C major) Thirty- two still (A minor) counts
Gonna make it count, gonna
make it count, gonna oh oh
Long (E major) live the king,
Verse 9
long (A minor) live (E major) the (A minor) king
Long (E major) live the king, long live the (A minor) king
Long (E major) live the king, long (A minor) live the king
Long (E major) live the king, long (C major) live (E major) the
(A minor) I'm the king's thirty-
Verse 10
second (E minor) son
(C major) There's (D minor) thirty- one others
(C major) just like me
(G major) There's (A minor) thirty- one others
on the way (C major)
There's (F major) thirty- one others af (C major) ter that
(G major) Some (A minor) times I stand by the
Verse 11
(C major) royal gate
(F major) People screaming love (C major) and hate (G major)
(C major) And they (A minor) scream and they scream
And they (E major) scream and they (E minor) scream
(F major) Long live the king, long
(C major) live the queen (A minor) (C major)
(G major) And to
Verse 12
(F major) see me made
(A minor) her awful sad
(F major) And to touch me made
her (A minor) awful sad
(F major) And to see me made her (A minor) awful
And to (F major) touch me made (A minor) her awful, oh, oh
And (B flat major) then one morning
Verse 13
(E major) I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
(B flat major) Then one (E major) morning,
and I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex
Then one morning I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
'Cause (F major) thirty- two is still
a goddamn number
(C major) Thirty- two still (A minor) counts
Gonna make it count, gonna make
Verse 14
it count, gonna oh oh
(F major) Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
(C major) Thirty- two is still a (A minor) goddamn number
Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
(F major) Thirty- two is still a (C major) goddamn number
(A minor) Thirty- two,
Verse 15
thirty- two
(F major) Thirty- two, (C major) thirty- two
(A minor) Thirty- two, thirty- two
Thirty- two, thirty- two
Long (E major) live the king, long live
Verse 16
the king
Long (C major) live (E major) the (A minor) king, long (E major) live the king
Long (A minor) live (E major) the (A minor) king, long live (E major) the king
Long (A minor) live the king, long live the (E major) king
Long (A minor) live (E major) the king
oedipus
Regina Spektor
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