(intro) C#m

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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.
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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

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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
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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

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The wheelies are cutting pavement
        E                B
and the Skeksis at the rave meant
   G#
to hide deep inside
               A
their sunken faces
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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

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