Olly Olly Oxen Free Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]So
You wanted
That's what you get for wanting

[Verse 2]
You got [G]it
That's what you get for get[Em]ting

[Verse 3]
[Em]Forgotten
You're gardening a [B]rot[Am]ting [B]bed
Of raygun- era icon[C]s
[G]So
Let's start it
Let's start it
From the minute you felt it
You felt it like [Em]a prison

[Verse 4]
A [Em]panic, you felt it
Like that [B]cof[Am]fee s[B]cene
From Moscow [Am]on the Hudson
[B]So[G]
[D]...Be honest
[G]It's not as if you're hap[D]py about it
It's not as if [Em]you're animatronic
It's not as if you [C]couldn't
Cry out any time you wanted

[Verse 5]
[D]All the people you will never [C]be
[D]Olly olly olly olly
Olly [Em]olly olly [D]olly

[Verse 6]
[Em]Fate
[D]You call it
[G]You color it
The [D]color [Am]you want it
[D]You carpet it

[Verse 7]
That's [Em]awful convenient
You paint yourself a [B]nice white room
With stripes and matching curtains
[G]So

[Verse 8]
[G]You forfeit
You cannot build a [D]river across it
You cannot hold your [Em]own heart hostage
You do not have [C]the strength
To gag yourself in every closet

[Verse 9]
The [G]wrong place, wrong mind
Timing's always bad
You're such [D]a sad case
Misplaced renaissance
Inventor of a [Em]worldwide

[Verse 10]
Heartbreak, [Em]taking it in stride
'Cause you're an [C]expert
Aren't you?
Aren't you just a dime a dozen?
[G]Murderous monosyllabic moron

[Verse 11]
With no sense of purpose
[D]Working on your songs all night
To justify your worthlessness

[Verse 12]
To [Em]anyone who's watching

[Verse 13]
If they only saw your alter egos
[C]Pretty in the shop windows
Where you got auctioned hours ago

[Verse 14]
[D]All the people you will never be
[C]Olly [D]olly olly olly
Higher than the king can

[Verse 15]
[C]See no evil, hear no evil
[D]Capture me and throw the key
[C]See no evil, hear no evil
[D]Capture me and throw the
key [C]away[D]
Throw the key away
[C][D]

[Verse 16]
[G]So
It's over
You're lying in a coffin of clutter
Your father and [Em]your sister,
your drummer
Are sorting through [B]your Soft Cell tapes
And lifesaver collection,
[C]and[G] you wonder
You wonder if you [D]could've done better
You wonder if [Em]you should've
surrendered
Before you learned that
[C]Nobody actually wants
a fucking martyr

[Verse 17]
[C]Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see?
[D]Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see?
[C]Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see me?
[D]Didn't you, didn't you, didn't
Didn't you see me?
[C]

[Verse 18]
[D]All the people you will never be
[C]Olly [D]olly olly olly
Higher than the king can

[Verse 19]
[C]See no evil, hear no evil
[D]Capture me and throw the key
[C]See no evil, hear no evil
[D]Capture me and throw the
key [C]away[D]
Throw the key [C]away[D]

[Outro 1]
Throw the key [C]away[Am]
[C][D][C][Am][C][D]
[C][G][C]