Oscar Wilde Gets Out chords by Elton John
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Freedom
for the scapegoat leaving Reading Jail (D major)
(A minor) Rheumy eyes just pierced his heart
like crucifixion nails (D major)
(A minor) Shaking fists and razors gleamed,
you never stood (D major) a chance
When the ink (A minor) ran (G major) red on Fleet (F major) Street
You (E major) turned your eyes to
France (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor)
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Verse 2
(A minor) Humbled far from Dublin,
chased across the waves (D major)
Your (A minor) biting wit still sharp enough
To slice through every page (D major)
(A minor) Destitute and beaten by the
system (D major) of the crown
The (A minor) bitter pill (G major) you swal (F major) lowed
Tasted sweeter (E major) going down (A minor)
Verse 3
And (D minor) looking back on the great (E major)
indif (A minor) ference
(D minor) Looking back at the limestone (E major) wall (A minor)
(B flat major) Thinking how beauty deceives (A minor) you
Know (D minor) ing how love fools
Interlude 1
us all
(E major) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor)
Verse 4
A (A minor) golden boy in velveteen
landed in New York (D major)
The (A minor) past was so seductive
When they paid to hear you talk (D major)
(A minor) Baccarat and champagne flutes
Tobacco from (D major) Virginia
(A minor) Long before (G major) the lord (F major) s and law
Branded (E major) Oscar Wilde a sin (A minor) ner
And (D minor) looking back on the cold
Verse 5
(E major)
bleak win (A minor) ter
(D minor) Looking back on those (E major) long dark days (A minor)
(B flat major) Felt like the head of John the Baptist (A minor)
(D minor) In the arms of Salome
Interlude 2
(D minor) (E major) (A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor)
Verse 6
(A minor) Don't turn around it's
a white gull screaming
Don't cry out (D major) loud you never
know who's listening
You've (F major) seen it all the (C major) ex
iled Unfor (G major) given
From the stately (B flat major) homes of
(F major) England to her pris (A minor) ons
Verse 7
And (A minor) looking back at
the hardened lifers
(D major) Looking back on the wretched poor
Thinking (F major) maybe (C major) they
were my sa (G major) viors
(B flat major) Strange to think I'll miss (F major) them all (A minor)
Strange (B flat major) to think I'll miss (F major) them all (A minor)
Verse 8
And (D minor) looking back (E major) on the great
indif (A minor) ference
(D minor) Looking back at the limestone (E major) wall (A minor)
(B flat major) Thinking how beauty deceives (A minor) you
Know (D minor) ing how love fools us (Esus4) all (E major)
Outro 1
(A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (F major) (A minor) (D minor) (F major)
(A minor)
Oscar Wilde Gets Out
Elton John
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