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Oedipus Rex (Act 3)- Edgehead7
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Tuning: Standard
D xx0232
G 320003
E 022100
C x32010
Am x02210
Em 022000
E C G
For too long, Oedipus had pondered on the past
E C G
Wondering if the oracle was true
E C G
The answer soon came with the messenger
E C G
Who brought the news
D C G
Jocasta questioned him; found that Polybus was dead
D C G
That's right, Oedipus' so-called dad; he's dead, that's what I said
D C G
Sickness took ol' Polybus down
D C G
He just couldn't win the fight
D C G
But Oedipus was supposed to kill him
D C G
Was the oracle just not right?
D C G
Reassurance slightly returned to Oedipus' head
D C G
But he still feared the thought of his mother's bed
D C G
Away from Corinth, Oedipus would stay
D C (No chords) G
Would he return? Yeah right, that would be the day
Am C G
The messenger then brought even more dreadful words
Am C G
He had saved Oedipus while watching his herd
Am C G
Doubt was present; visions were blurred
Am C G
The thought of the situation was just absurd
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Am C G
But there were the scars of the pins and the tree
Am C E
And Jocasta found the truth of her shady memories
G Em C D
Oedipus sent for the servant of Laius the king
G Em C D
Not looking out for his own well being
G Em C D
Oedipus was determined, the questions he did ask
G Em C D
He must know the truth of his past
G Em C D
The shepherd was reluctant; the secrets he would not reveal
G Em C D
The suspense is building; it all seems so surreal
G Em C D
After threatening the shepherd, trying to start a brawl
Am C G
Oedipus found that the oracle was true after all
Am C G
Jocasta found the truth out all along
Am C G
Her and her son, eww, that's just wrong
Am C G
She knew what had happened, her mind was a wreck
Am C G
She found eternal happiness in the rope around her neck
Am C G
Oedipus heard that she was dead; he broke into the chamber
Am C G
He saw Jocasta hanging there; he couldn't control his anger
Am (softly)
Sooo..... (Here comes Slipknot)
(no chords) E
He pushed the pins into his eyes
C E
It's the only thing that slowly stopped the pain
C E
Of his denial, it was all in vain
C E
His decree, he must now obey
D C E
And forever, in exile he will stay.
