Oedipus Chords by Regina Spektor

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[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ I'm the king's 32nd son, [G] born to him a [D]
32nd time,
[Bm] born to him with my ears still on, [G] born to [D] him with two eyebrows [A] on and that's
all [Bm] I was wearing.
[C#m] _
[D] When I woke [A] up staring [Bm] at the [A] world, [Bm] my mama had been a rather crazy
queen, [G] but not at all [D] like a sex [A] machine.
[Bm] She liked to keep her body clean, clean, [G] thought
the world to be [D] quite [A] obscene, but she'd retire to her [Bm] chambers [A] _
[D] and we remained [F#m] quite strangers.
[Bm] _ _
[A] _ [G] And to see [B] me made her awful sad, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful [G] sad, and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me made her [B] awful. _
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[Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son, [G] man all it took was [D] 32nd time, [Bm] but as far as a prince I was not.
[G] Had a [D] chambermaid and a chamber pot and they studied with [Bm] others just like [A] me.
[D] They studied
when [A] others I can [Bm] be.
[A] _
[Bm] Sometimes I'd stand by the royal walls, [G] the sky'd be so big [D] that
it broke my [A] soul.
[Bm] And I'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse [G] of my mother's eyes [D] and
my mother's skin, [A] but she'd retire to [Bm] her chamber [A] and [D] we remained [A] quite strangers.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to [B] touch me made her awful [G] sad, and to see [B] me made
her awful, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful. _
[C] And then one [F#] morning I woke up and I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [C] Oedipus.
Then one
[F#] morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex.
[C] Then one [F#] morning I woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus.
Thirty-two is still a goddamn [D] number, thirty [Bm]-two still counts.
Gonna [B] make, gonna make, gonna
uh-uh.
[G] Thirty-two is still a goddamn number, [D] thirty-two [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna
make, gonna uh-uh.
_ _ _ [F#] Long [D] live [F#] the king, [D] long [F#] live [B] the king, [F#] long live the king, long [Bm] live the king, long [C#m] live
the king, [Bm] long live the [F#] king, long live the king, long [Bm] live the king.
I'm the king's thirty-second son.
[G] There's thirty-one [D] others just like me. _
[Bm] There's thirty-one
others on the way. _
[G] There's thirty-one [D] others after [A] that. _
[Bm] Sometimes I stand by the royal
gate. _
[G] People [D] screamin' love and [A] hate.
[Bm] And they scream and they scream and they scream
and they scream.
_ [G] Long live the [D] king, long live the queen.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad.
[G] And to touch [B] me made her awful sad.
[G] And to see me made
[B] her [G] awful.
And to touch me [B] made her awful. _ _ _
_ And [C] then one [F#] morning I woke up and I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [C] Oedipus.
Then one
[F#] morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex.
[C] Then one [F#] morning I woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus.
Cause thirty-two is still a goddamn [D] number.
Thirty [B]-two still counts.
Gonna make, gonna
make, gonna uh-uh.
[G] Thirty-two is still a goddamn number.
[D] Thirty-two is [B] still a goddamn number.
Thirty-two _
_ [G] _ is still
a [D] goddamn number.
[B] Thirty-two, thirty [G]-two, thirty-two, [D] thirty-two, [B] thirty-two, thirty-two,
_ thirty-two.
_ [F#] Long live the king, _ [D] long [F#] live [B] the king, [F#] long live the king, long live [Bm] the king, long live
_ [C#m] King
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