oedipus Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Dm][G][C][Am][Em]
[Dm][G][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I'm
the king's thirty- second [C]son
[F]Born to him a thirty- [C]second [G]time
[Am]Born to him with my [C]hair still on
[F]Born to him with two [C]eyebrows on
And [G]that's all I was [Am]weari[G]ng
[C]When I [G]woke up staring at [Am]the world
[G]My

[Verse 2]
[Am]mo m had been a rather c[C]razy queen
But [F]not at [C]all a sex machine
She [Am]liked to keep her body clean, clean
[C]Thought the wor[F]ld to be
[C]quite obscene
But she'd retire [G]to her cham[Am]bers
[G]And we [C]remain qui[G]te strangers[Am]
[G]And to see[F] me made her

[Verse 3]
[Am]
awful sad
[F]And to touch me made her awful [Am]sad
And to [F]see me made [Am]her awful
And to [F]touch me made her [Am]aw ful

[Verse 4]
I'm the king's [C]thirty- second son
Man, [F]all it took was thirty [C]seconds time
But a [Am]spoiled little prince [C]I was not
Had a [F]chamber maid and a
[C]chamber pot
And there's [G]thirty- one others just [Am]like me
[G]There's thi[C]rty- one others I c[G]an be[Am]
[G]Sometim[Am]es I'd stand by the

[Verse 5]
[C]royal walls
The [F]sky'd be so big that it [C]broke my soul
[G]And I sto[Am]od on my toes to cat[C]ch a gli[Am]mpse
[C]Of my mot[F]her's eyes and my
[C]mother's skin
But she'd [G]re tire to her cham[Am]bers[G]
And [C]we remain quite [G]stranger[Am]s
[G]And to see[F] me made her aw

[Verse 6]
[Am]ful sad
And to [F]touch me made her [Am]aw ful sad
And to [F]see me made her aw[Am]ful
And to [F]touch me made her [Am]awful

[Verse 7]
[Bb]And then one morning I[E] woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
[Bb]Then one [E]morning and I woke up and I thought Rex,
Rex, Rex
[Bb]Then one [E]morning I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus

[Verse 8]
'Cause [F]thirty- two is still
a goddamn number
[C]Thirty- two still [Am]counts
Gonna make it count, gonna make
it count, gonna oh oh
[F]Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
[C]Thirty- two still [Am]counts
Gonna make it count, gonna
make it count, gonna oh oh
Long [E]live the king,

[Verse 9]
long [Am]live [E]the [Am]king
Long [E]live the king, long live the [Am]king
Long [E]live the king, long [Am]live the king
Long [E]live the king, long [C]live [E]the
[Am]I'm the king's thirty-

[Verse 10]
second [Em]son
[C]There's thi[Dm]rty- one others
[C]just like me
[G]There's [Am]thirty- one others
[C]on the way
There's [F]thirty- one others af[C]ter that
[G]Sometim[Am]es I stand by the

[Verse 11]
[C]royal gate
[F]People screaming love [C]and [G]hate
[C]And they [Am]scream and they scream
And they [E]scream and they [Em]scream
[F]Long live the king, long
[C]live the queen[Am][C]
[G]And to

[Verse 12]
[F]see me made
[Am]her awful sad
[F]And to touch me made
her [Am]awful sad
[F]And to see me made her [Am]awful
And to [F]touch me made [Am]her awful, oh, oh
And [Bb]then one morning

[Verse 13]
[E]I woke up
And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus,
Oedipus, Oedipus
[Bb]Then one [E]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]thirty- two is still
a goddamn number
[C]Thirty- two still [Am]counts
Gonna make it count, gonna make

[Verse 14]
it count, gonna oh oh
[F]Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
[C]Thirty- two is still a [Am]goddamn number
Thirty- two is still a goddamn number
[F]Thirty- two is still a [C]goddamn number
[Am]Thirty- two,

[Verse 15]
thirty- two
[F]Thirty- two, [C]thirty- two
[Am]Thirty- two, thirty- two
Thirty- two, thirty- two
Long [E]live the king, long live

[Verse 16]
the king
Long [C]live [E]the [Am]king, long [E]live the king
Long [Am]live [E]the [Am]king, long live [E]the king
Long [Am]live the king, long live the [E]king
Long [Am]live [E]the king