Chords for Regina Spektor: Songs- Oedipus
Tempo:
165.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#m] [B] [D]
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D]
[Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son, [G] born to him [D] a 32nd time,
[Bm] born to him with my ears still on, [G]
born to him [D] with two eyebrows [A] on and that's
all I was [Bm] 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 like [D] a sex [A] machine.
[Bm] She liked to keep her body clean, clean,
[G] thought
the world to be [D] quite obscene, but [A] she'd retire to her [Bm] chambers [A] and [D] we remained [F#m] quite strangers.
[Bm]
[A] [G] And to see me made [B] her awful sad, [G] and to touch [B] me made her awful [G] sad, and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me made [B] her awful.
[Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son,
[G] man all it took was [D] 32nd's time, [Bm] but as far as a prince I was not.
[G] Had a chambermaid [D] 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 [D] big that
it broke [A] my soul.
[Bm] And I'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse [G] of my mother's [D] eyes and
my mother's skin, but [A] she'd retire to [Bm] her chamber [A] and [D] we remained [A] quite strangers.
[D] [A]
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful.
[C] And one morning [F#] 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.
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G]
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [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 live [Bm] the king, long live
[C#m] the king, [Bm] long live the king, [F#] long live the king, long live the [Bm] king.
I'm the king's 32nd son.
[G] There's 31 [D] others just like me.
[Bm] There's 31 others on the way.
[G] There's 31 others [D] after that.
[A] [Bm] Sometimes I stand by the royal gate.
[G]
People [D] screamin'
for love and [A] hate.
[Bm] And they scream and they scream and they scream and they scream.
[G] Long
live the king, [D] long live the queen.
[Bm]
[A]
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad.
[G] And to touch me made [B] her awful sad.
[G] And to see me [B] made
her awful [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful.
Uh, uh.
[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 morning I [F#] woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus.
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G]
32's still a goddamn number.
[D] 32's [B] still a goddamn number.
32's still a goddamn [G] number.
32's
still a [D]
goddamn [B] number.
32, 32, [G] 32, [D] 32, [B]
32, 32, 32, 32.
[F#] Long live the
[D] [F#] [B]
[F#]
[Bm]
[C#m] [Bm]
King!
[C#m] [Bm] [C#m] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
[G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [D]
[Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son, [G] born to him [D] a 32nd time,
[Bm] born to him with my ears still on, [G]
born to him [D] with two eyebrows [A] on and that's
all I was [Bm] 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 like [D] a sex [A] machine.
[Bm] She liked to keep her body clean, clean,
[G] thought
the world to be [D] quite obscene, but [A] she'd retire to her [Bm] chambers [A] and [D] we remained [F#m] quite strangers.
[Bm]
[A] [G] And to see me made [B] her awful sad, [G] and to touch [B] me made her awful [G] sad, and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me made [B] her awful.
[Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son,
[G] man all it took was [D] 32nd's time, [Bm] but as far as a prince I was not.
[G] Had a chambermaid [D] 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 [D] big that
it broke [A] my soul.
[Bm] And I'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse [G] of my mother's [D] eyes and
my mother's skin, but [A] she'd retire to [Bm] her chamber [A] and [D] we remained [A] quite strangers.
[D] [A]
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful.
[C] And one morning [F#] 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.
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G]
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [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 live [Bm] the king, long live
[C#m] the king, [Bm] long live the king, [F#] long live the king, long live the [Bm] king.
I'm the king's 32nd son.
[G] There's 31 [D] others just like me.
[Bm] There's 31 others on the way.
[G] There's 31 others [D] after that.
[A] [Bm] Sometimes I stand by the royal gate.
[G]
People [D] screamin'
for love and [A] hate.
[Bm] And they scream and they scream and they scream and they scream.
[G] Long
live the king, [D] long live the queen.
[Bm]
[A]
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful sad.
[G] And to touch me made [B] her awful sad.
[G] And to see me [B] made
her awful [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful.
Uh, uh.
[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 morning I [F#] woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus.
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G]
32's still a goddamn number.
[D] 32's [B] still a goddamn number.
32's still a goddamn [G] number.
32's
still a [D]
goddamn [B] number.
32, 32, [G] 32, [D] 32, [B]
32, 32, 32, 32.
[F#] Long live the
[D] [F#] [B]
[F#]
[Bm]
[C#m] [Bm]
King!
[C#m] [Bm] [C#m] [Bm] [F#]
[Bm]
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_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ I'm the king's 32nd son, _ _ [G] born to him [D] a 32nd time,
_ _ [Bm] born to him with my ears still on, _ _ [G]
born to him [D] with two eyebrows [A] on and that's
all I was [Bm] 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 like [D] a sex [A] machine.
_ [Bm] She liked to keep her body clean, clean, _
[G] thought
the world to be [D] quite obscene, but [A] she'd retire to her [Bm] chambers _ [A] _ and [D] we remained [F#m] quite strangers.
[Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] And to see me made [B] her awful sad, [G] and to touch [B] me made her awful [G] sad, and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me made [B] her awful. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son, _ _
[G] man all it took was [D] _ 32nd's time, _ [Bm] but as far as a prince I was not.
_ [G] Had a chambermaid [D] 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 [D] big that
it broke [A] my soul.
[Bm] And I'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse [G] of my mother's [D] eyes and
my mother's skin, but [A] she'd retire to [Bm] her chamber _ [A] _ and [D] we remained [A] quite strangers.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful _ sad, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me [B] made her _ awful.
_ _ [C] And one morning [F#] 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. _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, _ gonna, uh, uh.
[G] _ _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [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 live [Bm] the king, long live
[C#m] _ the king, [Bm] long live the _ king, [F#] long _ live the king, long _ live the [Bm] king.
I'm the king's 32nd son. _
[G] There's 31 [D] others just like _ me.
_ [Bm] There's 31 others on the way.
_ _ [G] There's 31 others [D] after that.
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] Sometimes I stand by the royal gate.
_ _ [G] _
People [D] screamin'
for love and _ [A] _ hate.
[Bm] And they scream and they scream and they scream and they scream.
_ _ [G] _ Long
live the king, [D] long live the queen.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] And to see me [B] made her awful _ sad.
[G] And to touch me made [B] her awful sad.
[G] And to see me [B] made
her awful [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful. _ _
Uh, uh.
_ _ _ [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 morning I [F#] woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus. _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] _ 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G] _ _
32's still a goddamn number.
[D] _ 32's [B] still a goddamn number.
_ 32's still a goddamn [G] number.
_ 32's
still a [D]
goddamn [B] number.
32, _ _ 32, [G] _ 32, _ _ [D] 32, [B] _
32, _ _ _ 32, _ 32, _ _ 32. _ _
_ [F#] Long live the _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ King!
[C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ I'm the king's 32nd son, _ _ [G] born to him [D] a 32nd time,
_ _ [Bm] born to him with my ears still on, _ _ [G]
born to him [D] with two eyebrows [A] on and that's
all I was [Bm] 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 like [D] a sex [A] machine.
_ [Bm] She liked to keep her body clean, clean, _
[G] thought
the world to be [D] quite obscene, but [A] she'd retire to her [Bm] chambers _ [A] _ and [D] we remained [F#m] quite strangers.
[Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] And to see me made [B] her awful sad, [G] and to touch [B] me made her awful [G] sad, and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me made [B] her awful. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I'm the king's 32nd son, _ _
[G] man all it took was [D] _ 32nd's time, _ [Bm] but as far as a prince I was not.
_ [G] Had a chambermaid [D] 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 [D] big that
it broke [A] my soul.
[Bm] And I'd stand on my toes to catch a glimpse [G] of my mother's [D] eyes and
my mother's skin, but [A] she'd retire to [Bm] her chamber _ [A] _ and [D] we remained [A] quite strangers.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] And to see me [B] made her awful _ sad, [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful sad, [G] and to see me [B] made
her awful, [G] and to touch me [B] made her _ awful.
_ _ [C] And one morning [F#] 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. _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, _ gonna, uh, uh.
[G] _ _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] 32 [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 live [Bm] the king, long live
[C#m] _ the king, [Bm] long live the _ king, [F#] long _ live the king, long _ live the [Bm] king.
I'm the king's 32nd son. _
[G] There's 31 [D] others just like _ me.
_ [Bm] There's 31 others on the way.
_ _ [G] There's 31 others [D] after that.
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] Sometimes I stand by the royal gate.
_ _ [G] _
People [D] screamin'
for love and _ [A] _ hate.
[Bm] And they scream and they scream and they scream and they scream.
_ _ [G] _ Long
live the king, [D] long live the queen.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] And to see me [B] made her awful _ sad.
[G] And to touch me made [B] her awful sad.
[G] And to see me [B] made
her awful [G] and to touch me [B] made her awful. _ _
Uh, uh.
_ _ _ [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 morning I [F#] woke up and I thought
Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, [G] Oedipus. _
32's still a goddamn number, [D] _ 32 [B] still counts.
Gonna make, gonna make, gonna, uh, uh.
[G] _ _
32's still a goddamn number.
[D] _ 32's [B] still a goddamn number.
_ 32's still a goddamn [G] number.
_ 32's
still a [D]
goddamn [B] number.
32, _ _ 32, [G] _ 32, _ _ [D] 32, [B] _
32, _ _ _ 32, _ 32, _ _ 32. _ _
_ [F#] Long live the _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ King!
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