Olly Olly Oxen Free Chords

G
So, you wanted
                         D
That's what you get for wanting
 
You got it
                         Em
That's what you get for getting
 
Forgotten
                    B
You're gardening a rotting bed
 
Of raygun-era icons
 
G
So
 
Let's start it
 
Let's start it
          D
From the minute you felt it
                     Em
You felt it like a prison
 
A panic, you felt it
           B
Like that coffee scene
 
From Moscow on the Hudson
 
G
So
 
...Be honest
                       D
It's not as if you're happy about it
                      Em
It's not as if you're animatronic
                    C
It's not as if you couldn't
 
Cry out any time you wanted
 
 C
Olly olly oxen free
 D
All the people you will never be
 C
Olly olly oxen free
 D
Olly olly olly olly
 
Olly olly olly olly
 
 G
Fate
 
You call it
 
You color it
     D
The color you want it
 
You carpet it
       Em
That's awful convenient
                      B
You paint yourself a nice white room
 
With stripes and matching curtains
 
G
So
 
You forfeit
                    D
You cannot build a river across it
                     Em
You cannot hold your own heart hostage
                       C
You do not have the strength
 
To gag yourself in every closet
 
      G
The wrong place, wrong mind
 
Timing's always bad
               D
You're such a sad case
 
Misplaced renaissance
               Em
Inventor of a worldwide
 
Heartbreak, taking it in stride
                 C
'Cause you're an expert
 
Aren't you?
 
Aren't you just a dime a dozen?
 G
Murderous monosyllabic moron
 
With no sense of purpose
 D
Working on your songs all night
 
To justify your worthlessness
   Em
To anyone who's watching
 
If they only saw your alter egos
  C
Pretty in the shop windows
 
Where you got auctioned hours ago
 
C
Olly olly oxen free
D
All the people you will never be
C
Olly olly oxen free
D
olly olly olly olly
 
Higher than the king can
 
 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 away
 
Throw the key away
 
G
So
 
It's over
                   D
You're lying in a coffin of clutter
                      Em
Your father and your sister, your drummer
                          B
Are sorting through your Soft Cell tapes
                           G
And lifesaver collection, and you wonder
                    D
You wonder if you could've done better
                    Em
You wonder if you should've surrendered
 
Before you learned that
 C
Nobody actually wants a fucking martyr
 
 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
Olly olly oxen free
D
All the people you will never be
C
Olly olly oxen free
D
olly olly olly olly
 
Higher than the king can
 
 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 away
  C
Throw the key away
  D
Throw the key away 
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