Riddle Of The Sphinx chords by The Mechanisms

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


for the intro/outro, it sounds better to play the other tab


Intro: Oedipus:
DmDm
I thought myself an orphan
D#mD#m
I clawed my way up from the streets
DmDm
To earn my rank of doctor
D#mD#m
Equal to any I should meet
DmDm
How could I know my fame
D#mD#m
Arose from sly Olympian winks?
DmDm
And soon I’d match myself
D#mD#m
Against the riddle of the Sphinx

Chorus:
FF        G+G
Four legs in the morning
FF        G+G
Two legs in the day
FF         G+G
Three legs in the evening
  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  DmDm
As body and mind decay


Verse 1: Oedipus:
DmDm
A augmentedA mad disease
     FF
Striking poverty
    C majorC      G+G
In the slums no-one cares about
DmDm
In its host
    FF
Causes rapid growth
    A augmentedA
In just weeks they will die
DmDm
Children then
    FF
Look as aged men
     C majorC        G+G
But have not learned the words to cry
  DmDm      A augmentedA      DmDm
An old withered corpse yet a child

Chorus:
FF        G+G
Four legs in the morning
FF        G+G
Two legs in the day
FF         G+G
Three legs in the evening
  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  DmDm
As body and mind decay


Verse 2: Oedipus:
DmDm
Years I spent
  FF
In experiment
  C majorC      G+G
Dissecting its chemistry
DmDm
Endless tests
    FF
Finally yield success
     A augmentedA
With the compounds I need
DmDm
A augmentedA consequence
    FF
Baleful oxidants
   C majorC     G+G
From Olympian eternity
DmDm     A augmentedA      DmDm
They had to know what it leads to


Chorus:
FF        G+G
Four legs in the morning
FF        G+G
Two legs in the day
FF         G+G
Three legs in the evening
  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  DmDm
As body and mind decay


Verse 3: Father & Oedipus:
DmDm
Oedipus
      FF
Come don’t make a fuss
   C majorC        G+G
Your research takes a dangerous path
DmDm
Take a pause
   FF
Find another cause
     A augmentedA
This will end in your fall
DmDm
Whoe’er you be
    FF
If you threaten me
   C majorC       G+G
I can warn you will feel my wrath
DmDm     A augmentedA      DmDm
Don’t interfere with my calling


Chorus:
FF        G+G
Four legs in the morning
FF        G+G
Two legs in the day
FF         G+G
Three legs in the evening
  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  DmDm
As body and mind decay
FF        G+G
Four legs in the morning
FF        G+G
Two legs in the day
FF         G+G
Three legs in the evening
  Bb majorBb    A augmentedA  DmDm
As body and mind decay


Outro: Oedipus:
DmDm
Soon the Olympians knew
D#mD#m
Of what their immortality cost
DmDm
They feigned their contrition
D#mD#m
Mourning the lives that had been lost
DmDm
They swore they’d find a way
D#mD#m
That wouldn’t lead to loss of life
DmDm
They showered me with riches
D#mD#m
And introduced me to my wife

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