(intro) C#5 C#5 Once there was a man E5 B5 G#5 who had a little too much time on his hands A5 he never stopped to think that he was getting older. C#5 When his night came to an end C5 G5 He tried to grasp for his last friend and pretend B5 A5 That he could wish himself health on a four leaf clover C5 He said is this the return to Oz? F5 G#5 C5 The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F5 G#5 C5 What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town C#5 Its three o' clock in the morning E5 B5 G#5 You get a phone call from the queen with a hundred heads A5 She says that they're all dead C#5 She tried the last one on It couldn't speak, fell off C5 And now she just wanders the halls G5 B5 A5 Thinking nothing, thinking nothing at all C5 He said is this the return to Oz? F5 G#5 C5 The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F5 G#5 C5 What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town (solo) C5 B5 Bb5 G5 C5 B5 Bb5 G#5 G5 C5 C#5 The wheelies are cutting pavement E5 B5 and the Skeksis at the rave meant G#5 to hide deep inside A5 their sunken faces C#5 and their wild, rolling eyes C5 But their callous words reveal G5 That they can no longer feel B5 Love or sex appeal A5 The patchwork girl has come to cinch the deal C5 F5 To return to Oz we've fled the world G#5 C5 With smiles and clenching jaws Please help me friend from coming down F5 G#5 C5 I've lost my place now and it cant be found Is this the return to Oz? F5 G#5 C5 The grass is dead, the gold is brown and the sky has claws There's a wind up man walking round and round F5 G#5 C5 What once was Emerald City is now a crystal town ( C#5 C5 G5 B5 A5 ) (4x)
