Riddle Of The Sphinx Tab par The Mechanisms

# [Intro: Oedipus]
Dm Eb

Dm 
I thought myself an orphan
Eb                          Dm
I clawed my way up from the streets

To earn my rank of doctor
Eb
Equal to any I should meet
Dm
How could I know my fame
Eb
Arose from sly Olympian winks?
Dm
And soon I’d match myself
                          Dm
Against the riddle of the Sphinx

# [Chorus]
Dm Dm A Dm
F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A     Dm
As body and mind decay

# [Verse 1: Oedipus]
Dm
A mad disease
         F
Striking poverty
C                   G
In the slums no-one cares about
Dm
In its host
        F
Causes rapid growth
A
In just weeks they will die
Dm
Children then
F
Look as aged men
C                        G
But have not learned the words to cry
Dm              A            Dm
An old withered corpse yet a child

# [Chorus]
F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A   Dm
As body and mind decay

# [Verse 2: Oedipus]
Dm
Years I spent
F
In experiment
C              G
Dissecting its chemistry
Dm
Endless tests
F
Finally yield success
A
With the compounds I need
Dm
A consequence
F
Baleful oxidants
C             G
From Olympian eternity
Dm           A            Dm
They had to know what it leads to

# [Chorus]
F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A   Dm
As body and mind decay

# [Verse 3: Father & Oedipus]
Dm
Oedipus
F
Come don’t make a fuss
C                      G
Your research takes a dangerous path
Dm
Take a pause
F
Find another cause
A
This will end in your fall
Dm
Whoe’er you be
F
If you threaten me
C                    G
I can warn you will feel my wrath
Dm         A             Dm
Don’t interfere with my calling

# [Chorus]

F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A   Dm
As body and mind decay

F                G
Four legs in the morning
Dm              A
Two legs in the day
F                 G
Three legs in the evening
Dm           A   Dm
As body and mind decay

# [Outro: Oedipus]
Dm
Soon the Olympians knew
Eb
Of what their immortality cost
Dm
They feigned their contrition
Eb
Mourning the lives that had been lost
Dm
They swore they’d find a way
Eb
That wouldn’t lead to loss of life
Dm
They showered me with riches
Dm
And introduced me to my wife