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Oscar Wilde Gets Out

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Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No.

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OSCAR WILDE GETS OUT -- ELTON JOHN, "The Diving Board"(2013)

[INTRO]

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[VERSE]
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Freedom for the scapegoat, leaving Reading Gaol
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Rheumy eyes, just pierced his heart like crucifixion nails
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Shaking fists and razors gleamed, he never stood a chance
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When the ink ran red on Fleet Street you turned your eyes to France

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[VERSE]
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Humbled far from Dublin, chased across the waves
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Your biting wit still sharp enough to slice through every page
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Destitute and beaten by the system of the crown
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The bitter pill you swallow tasted sweeter going down

[CHORUS]
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And looking back with a great indifference
Dm E7 Am
Looking back at the limestone walls
Bb Am
Thinking how beauty deceived you
Dm E7sus E7
Knowing how love fools us all

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[VERSE]
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A golden boy in velveteen landed in New York
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The past was so seductive when they paid to hear you talk
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Baccarat and champagne flutes, tobacco from Virginia
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Long before the lords and law branded Oscar Wilde a sinner

[CHORUS]
Dm E7 Am
Looking back on the cold, bleak winter
Dm E7 Am
Looking back on those long, dark days
Bb Am
Set like the head of John the Baptist
Dm E7sus E7
In the arms of Salome

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[BREAKDOWN]
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Don't turn around it's a white gull screaming
D
Don't cry out loud, you never know who's listening
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You've seen it all the exiled Unforgiven
Bb F Am
From the stately homes of England to her prisons
Am
Looking back at the hardened lifers
D
Looking back on the wretched poor
F C G7
Thinking maybe they were my saviours
Bb F Am
Strange to think I'll miss them all
Bb F Am
Strange to thing I'll miss them all

[CHORUS]
Dm E7 Am
And looking back on the great indifference
Dm E7 Am
Looking back at the limestone walls
Bb Am
Thinking how beauty deceived you
Dm E7sus E7
Knowing how love fools us all

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