Tom Lehrer - Oedipus Rex Chords

[Intro]
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  From the bible to the popular song
        A#
There's one theme that we find right along
    G#
Of all ideals they hail as good
    G               G7
The most sublime is motherhood
      C
There was a man though, who it seems
     A#
Once carried this ideal to extremes
G#
He loved his mother and she loved him
      C                      G7
And yet his story is rather grim
 
[Solo]
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[Verse 1]
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There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex
    C                        G
You may have heard about his odd complex
 C                  D7
His name appears in Freud's index
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'Cause he loved his mother
    C              F
His rivals used to say quite a bit
    C                    G7
That as a monarch he was most unfit
    C                 F
But still in all they had to admit
        D7        C       G
That he loved his mother
 
[Verse 2]
C
Yes, he loved his mother like no other
    G
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother
G7
One thing on which you can depend is
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He sure knew who a boy's best friend is
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When he found what he had done
   C
He tore his eyes out, one by one
C                       F7
A tragic end to a loyal son
    D7        C       F
Who loved his mother
 
[Outro]
C
 So be sweet and kind to mother now and then have a chat
        A#
Buy her candy or some flowers or a brand new hat
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But maybe you had better let it go at that
C                                                    A7
Or you may find yourself with a quite complex, complex
    D7
And you may end up like Oedipus
D7
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus
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Than end up like old Oedipus Rex