Riddle Of The Sphinx Ukulele chords by The Mechanisms

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:

A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------2-------2---------1------1---1-----------|
C|-2--2-3-2--2-3-2-3-----------2--3--3---3--3---3-------------|
G|---------------------0-2-0------------------------0-2-3-2-0-|

Intro:
Dm Eb

Dm
I thought myself an orphan
Eb                          Dm
I clawed my way up from the streets

To earn my rank of doctor
Eb
Equal to any I should meet
Dm
How could I know my fame
Eb
Arose from sly Olympian winks
Dm
And soon I’d match myself
Dm
Against the riddle of the Sphinx

Chorus:
Dm Dm A Dm
F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A    Dm
As body and mind decay

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

Chorus:
F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm          A     Dm
As body and mind decay

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

Chorus:
F                  G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                  G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A    Dm
As body and mind decay

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

Chorus:

F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm          A    Dm
As body and mind decay

F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm          A    Dm
As body and mind decay

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