Amanda Palmer - Olly Olly Oxen Free Ukulele

G
So, you wanted
                         D
That's what you get for wanting

You got it
                         Em
That's what you get for getting

Forgotten
                    B
You're gardening a rotting bed

Of raygun-era icons

G
So

Let's start it

Let's start it
          D
                     Em
You felt it like a prison

A panic, you felt it
           B
Like that coffee scene


G
So

...Be honest
                       D
It's not as if you're happy about it
                      Em
It's not as if you're animatronic
                    C
It's not as if you couldn't

Cry out any time you wanted

 C
Olly olly oxen free
 D
All the people you will never be
 C
Olly olly oxen free
 D
Olly olly olly olly

Olly olly olly olly

 G
Fate

You call it

You color it
     D
The color you want it

You carpet it
       Em
That's awful convenient
                      B
You paint yourself a nice white room

With stripes and matching curtains

G
So

You forfeit
                    D
You cannot build a river across it
                     Em
You cannot hold your own heart hostage
                       C
You do not have the strength

To gag yourself in every closet

      G
The wrong place, wrong mind

Timing's always bad
               D
You're such a sad case

Misplaced renaissance
               Em
Inventor of a worldwide

Heartbreak, taking it in stride
                 C
'Cause you're an expert

Aren't you?

Aren't you just a dime a dozen?
 G
Murderous monosyllabic moron

With no sense of purpose
 D
Working on your songs all night

To justify your worthlessness
   Em
To anyone who's watching

If they only saw your alter egos
  C
Pretty in the shop windows

Where you got auctioned hours ago

C
Olly olly oxen free
D
All the people you will never be
C
Olly olly oxen free
D
olly olly olly olly

Higher than the king can

 C
See no evil, hear no evil
 D
Capture me and throw the key
 C
See no evil, hear no evil
 D
Capture me and throw the key away

Throw the key away

G
So

It's over
                   D
You're lying in a coffin of clutter
                      Em
Your father and your sister, your drummer
                          B
Are sorting through your Soft Cell tapes
                           G
And lifesaver collection, and you wonder
                    D
You wonder if you could've done better
                    Em
You wonder if you should've surrendered

Before you learned that
 C
Nobody actually wants a f**king martyr

 C
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't

Didn't you see?
 D
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't

Didn't you see?
 C
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't

Didn't you see me?
 D
Didn't you, didn't you, didn't

Didn't you see me?

C
Olly olly oxen free
D
All the people you will never be
C
Olly olly oxen free
D
olly olly olly olly

Higher than the king can

 C
See no evil, hear no evil
 D
Capture me and throw the key
 C
See no evil, hear no evil
 D
Capture me and throw the key away
  C
Throw the key away
  D
Throw the key away