Oscar Wilde Gets Out chords by
Elton John
Elton John

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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Freedom
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for the scapegoat leaving Reading Jail
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Rheumy eyes just pierced his heart
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like crucifixion nails
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Shaking fists and razors gleamed,
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you never stood a chance
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When the ink ran red on Fleet Street
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You turned your eyes to
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France
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Verse 2
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Humbled far from Dublin,
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chased across the waves
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Your biting wit still sharp enough
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To slice through every page
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Destitute and beaten by the
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system of the crown
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The bitter pill you swallowed
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Tasted sweeter going down
Verse 3
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And looking back on the great
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indifference
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Looking back at the limestone wall
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Thinking how beauty deceives you
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Knowing how love fools
Interlude 1
us all
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Verse 4
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A golden boy in velveteen
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landed in New York
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The past was so seductive
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When they paid to hear you talk
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Baccarat and champagne flutes
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Tobacco from Virginia
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Long before the lords and law
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Branded Oscar Wilde a sinner
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And looking back on the cold
Verse 5
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bleak winter
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Looking back on those long dark days
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Felt like the head of John the Baptist
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In the arms of Salome
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Verse 6
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Don't turn around it's
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Don't cry out loud you never
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You've seen it all the ex
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iled Unforgiven
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From the stately homes of
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England to her prisons
Verse 7
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And looking back at
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Looking back on the wretched poor
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Thinking maybe they
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were my saviors
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Strange to think I'll miss them all
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Strange to think I'll miss them all
Verse 8
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And looking back on the great
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indifference
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Looking back at the limestone wall
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Thinking how beauty deceives you
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Knowing how love fools us all
Outro 1
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