(intro) C#m C#m Once there was a man E B G# who had a little too much time on his hands A he never stopped to think that he was getting older. C#m When his night came to an end C G He tried to grasp for his last friend and pretend B A That he could wish himself health on a four leaf clover C He said is this the return to Oz? F G# C The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F G# C What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town C#m Its three o' clock in the morning E B G# You get a phone call from the queen with a hundred heads A She says that they're all dead C#m She tried the last one on It couldn't speak, fell off C And now she just wanders the halls G B A Thinking nothing, thinking nothing at all C He said is this the return to Oz? F G# C The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F G# C What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town (solo) C B Bb G C B Bb G# G C C#m The wheelies are cutting pavement E B and the Skeksis at the rave meant G# to hide deep inside A their sunken faces C#m and their wild, rolling eyes C But their callous words reveal G That they can no longer feel B Love or sex appeal A The patchwork girl has come to cinch the deal C F To return to Oz we've fled the world G# C With smiles and clenching jaws Please help me friend from coming down F G# C I've lost my place now and it cant be found Is this the return to Oz? F G# C The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F G# C What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town ( C#m C G B A ) (4x)