this is my first tab, so feedback/ corrections are super welcome

for the intro/outro, it sounds better to play the other tab


[Intro: Oedipus]

I thought myse

lf an orphan

I clawed my wa

y up from the 

streets

To earn my ran

k of doctor

Equal to any I

 should meet

How could I kn

ow my fame

Arose from sly

 Olympian wink

s?

And soon I’d m

atch myself

Against the ri

ddle of the Sp

hinx


[Chorus]
             
Four legs in t

   
he morning
             
Two legs in th

  
e day
             
Three legs in 

    
the evening
           
As body and mi

   
nd decay


[Verse 1: Oedipus]

A mad disease
         
Striking pover

ty
             
In the slums n

      
o-one cares ab

out

In its host
       
Causes rapid g

rowth
        
In just weeks 

they will die

Children then
        
Look as aged m

en
             
But have not l

           
earned the wor

ds to cry
            
An old withere

             
d corpse yet a

 
 child


[Chorus]
             
Four legs in t

   
he morning
             
Two legs in th

  
e day
             
Three legs in 

    
the evening
           
As body and mi

   
nd decay


[Verse 2: Oedipus]

Years I spent
   
In experiment
             
Dissecting its

 
 chemistry

Endless tests
        
Finally yield 

success
         
With the compo

unds I need

A consequence
        
Baleful oxidan

ts
             
From Olympian 

 
eternity
           
They had to kn

           
ow what it lea

ds to


[Chorus]
             
Four legs in t

   
he morning
             
Two legs in th

  
e day
             
Three legs in 

    
the evening
           
As body and mi

   
nd decay


[Verse 3: Father & Oedipus]

Oedipus
           
Come don’t mak

e a fuss
             
Your research 

        
takes a danger

ous path

Take a pause
      
Find another c

ause
          
This will end 

in your fall

Whoe’er you be
       
If you threate

n me
             
I can warn you

      
 will feel my 

wrath
           
Don’t interfer

          
e with my call

ing


[Chorus]
             
Four legs in t

   
he morning
             
Two legs in th

  
e day
             
Three legs in 

    
the evening
           
As body and mi

   
nd decay
             
Four legs in t

   
he morning
             
Two legs in th

  
e day
             
Three legs in 

    
the evening
           
As body and mi

   
nd decay


[Outro: Oedipus]

Soon the Olymp

ians knew

Of what their 

immortality co

st

They feigned t

heir contritio

n

Mourning the l

ives that had 

been lost

They swore the

y’d find a way

That wouldn’t 

lead to loss o

f life

They showered 

me with riches

And introduced

 me to my wife