Regina Spektor – Oedipus (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Surprised at lack of tabs for this, so thought I'd do one myself.
Then I realised this song does not transcribe well for guitar.
Chords used:
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
C/E 0 3 2 0 1 x
Dm7/A x 0 0 2 1 x
Bm7/A x 0 0 2 0 x
A5 x 0 2 2 x x
Cmaj/E 0 3 2 0 3 x
Csus2 x 3 0 0 1 x
Em7 x 2 0 0 0 x
Fsus2 x x 3 2 1 3
Am7 x x 2 2 1 3
Esus4 0 2 2 1 x x
F 1 3 3 2 x x
Fsus2/A x 0 3 0 1 x
Am7 x 0 2 0 1 x
Bm5 x 2 0 4 x xCsus5 x 3 0 5 x x
CAPO ON TWO
[Intro]
Am C/E Dun du du dun du dun du dun dun du du dun dun Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 Dun du du dun du dun du dun dun du du dun dun Am Cmaj/E Dun du du dun du dun du dun dun du du dun dun Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 Dun du du dun du dun du dun dun du dun du dun
[Verse]
Am C/E I'm the king's thirty second son Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 Born to him in thirty second's time Am Cmaj/E Born to him the night still young Csus2 Em7 Born to him with two eyebrows on Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 And that's all I was wearing Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 When I woke up staring at the world Am C/E My mom had been a rather crazy queen Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 But not at all a sex machine Am Cmaj/E She liked to keep her body clean, clean Csus2 Em7 Thought the world to be quite obscene Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 But she retired to her chamber Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 And we remain quite strangers
[Bridge]
Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful
[Verse]
Am C/E I'm the king's thirty second son Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 And all it took was thirty second's time Am Cmaj/E But a spoiled little prince I was not Csus2 Em7 Had a chamber maid and a chamber pot Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 And there's thirty one others just like me Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 There's thirty one others I can be Am C/E Someimtes I'd stand by the royal wall Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 The sky'd be so big that it broke my soul Am Cmaj/E And i stood on my toes to catch a glimpse Csus2 Em7 Of my mother's eyes and my mother's skin Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 And she retired to her chamber Dm7/A Bm7/A Csus2 Em7 And we remain quite strangers
[Bridge]
Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful
[Pre-chorus]
Esus4 And one morning I woke up F And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Esus4 F Then one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex Esus4 Then one morning I woke up F And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2/A Am7 Thirty two's still counts, gonna make it count, gonna make it count
Gonna oh oh
Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2/A Am7 Thirty two's still counts, gonna make it count, gonna make it count
Gonna oh oh
[Chorus]
A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 Long live the king Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5 Long live the king A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 Long live the king Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5 Long live the king A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 Long live the king Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5 Long live the king A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 Long live the king
Bm5 Csus5 Bm5
Long live the
[Verse]
Am C/E I'm the king's thirty second son Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 There's thirty one others just like me Am Cmaj/E There's thirty one others on the way Csus2 Em7 There's thirty one others after that Am C/E Sometimes I stand by the royal gate Dm7/A Bm7/A A5 People screaming love and hate Am Cmaj/E And they scream and they scream and they scream and they scream Csus2 Em7 Dm7/A Bm7/A Long live the king, long live the queen
[Bridge]
Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful sad Fsus2 Am7 And to see me made her awful Fsus2 Am7 And to touch me made her awful
[Pre-chorus]
Esus4 And one morning I woke up F And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Esus4 F Then one morning I woke up and I thought Rex, Rex, Rex Esus4 Then one morning I woke up F And I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2/A Am7 Thirty two's still counts, gonna make it count, gonna make it count
Gonna oh oh
Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2/A Am7 Thirty two's still counts, gonna make it count, gonna make it count
Gonna oh oh
Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Dm7/A Bm7/A Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2 Thirty two's still a goddamn number Dm7/A Bm7/A Thirty two's still a goddamn number Fsus2 Thirty two, thirty two Dm7/A Bm7/A Thirty two, thirty two Fsus2 Thirty two, thirty two
Thirty two, thirty two
[Chorus]
A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5
Long live the king
Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5
Long live the king
A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5
Long live the king
Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5
Long live the king
A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5
Long live the king
Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 A5
Long live the king
A5 Bm5 Csus5 Bm5
Long live the king
Bm5 Csus5 Bm5 Am
Long live the king
Like I said, it doesn't sound very good on guitar, but it's as close as I can get it.