Edgehead7 - Oedipus Rex Act 3 Chords by Misc Your Songs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oedipus Rex (Act 3)- Edgehead7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a tab for all you Greek drama people out there. 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 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.
