The Lyre Of Orpheus

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Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
G
He sawed at the wood with half a heart
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And glued it top to bottom
G
He strung a wire in between
Gm
He was feeling something rotten

[Chorus]
   G     C  G
Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
G
Orpheus looked at his instrument
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And he gave the wire a pluck
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He heard a sound so beautiful
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He gasped and said "Oh my God"

[Chorus]
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Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
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He rushed inside to tell his wife

He went racing down the halls
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Eurydice was still asleep in bed
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Like a sack of cannonballs

[Chorus]
   G     Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
G
Look what I've made, cried Orpheus

And he plucked a gentle note
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Eurydice's eyes popped from their sockets
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And her tongue burst through her throat

[Chorus]
   G     Gm G
Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
G
  "Oh God, what have I done, " he said
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As her blood pooled in the sheets
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But in his heart he felt a bliss
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Which nothing could compete

[Chorus]
   Gm     G Gm
Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
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 Orpheus went leaping through the fields
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Strumming as hard as he did please
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Birdies detonated in the sky
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Bunnies dashed their brains out on the trees

[Chorus]
          Gm       G  Gm
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

[Verse]
G
Orpheus strummed 'til his fingers bled
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He hit a G minor 7
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He woke up God from a deep, deep sleep
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God was a major player in heaven

[Chorus]
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Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
Am                          E
   God picked up a giant hammer
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And He threw it with a thunderous yell
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 It smashed down hard on Orpheus' head
Em
And it knocked him down a well

[Chorus]
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Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

[Verse]
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Well, the well went down very deep
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Very deep went down the well
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Well, the well went down so very deep
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Well, the well went down to hell

[Chorus]
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Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
C    E                       Em
Poor Orpheus woke up with a start
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All amongst the rotting dead
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His lyre tucked safe under his arm
    Em
His brains all down his head

[Chorus]
Am                 A  Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

[Verse]
         A
Eurydice appeared brindled in blood

She said to Orpheus
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"If you play that fucking thing down here
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I'll stick it up your orifice!"

[Chorus]
E   Am   C       Am
Oh mama, oh mama

[Verse]
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"This lyre lark is for the birds, " said Orpheus
       Em       Am       A
"It's enough to send you bats
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Let's stay down here, Eurydice, dear
                                A
We'll have a bunch of screaming brats"

[Chorus]
Am                 C         Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)

[Verse]
A
Orpheus picked up his lyre for the last time
A
He was on a real low down bummer
A
He stared deep into the abyss and said
N.C
This one is for Mama

[Outro]
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Oh mama, oh mama
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Oh mama, oh mama
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Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
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Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
Am
Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)
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Oh mama, (oh mama) oh mama, (oh mama)