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Title: Return to Oz
Author: Scissor Sisters
Transcription by: Eddy Burns
Note: All guitars are tuned half-step down
eg. E->Eb, A->Ab etc.
Intro
Dm
Verse 1
Dm
Once there was a man who had a
F
little too much
C
time on his hands
A
he never stopped to think that he was getting
Bb
older
Dm
when his night came to an end
Db
he tried to grasp his for his last friend
Ab
and pretend that he could wish himself
Cm
health on a four-leaf
Bb
clover
Chorus
Db
He said is this the return to oz the grass is
F#
dead the gold is
A
brown and the sky has
Db
claws
Db
theres a wind-up man walking round and round what
F#
once was emerald City's
A
now a crystal
Db
town
Verse 2
Dm
It's three o'clock in the morning you get a
F
phone call from the
C
queen with a hundred
A
heads she says that they're all
Bb
dead
Dm
she tried the last one on it couldn't speak fell off and
Db
now she just wanders the halls thinking
Ab
nothing
Cm
thinking nothing at
Bb
all
Chorus
Db
She said is this the return to oz the grass is
F#
dead the gold is
A
brown and the sky has
Db
claws
Db
theres a wind-up man walking round and round what
F#
once was emerald city's
A
now a crystal
Db
town
Guitar Solo
Db C B F# Ab
Db C B F# A
Db
Dm
The wheelies are cutting pavement and the
F
skeksis at the
C
rave meant to
A
hide deep inside their sunken
Bb
faces and their wild rolling
Dm
eyes but their callous words
Db
reveal that they can no longer
Ab
feel love or
Cm
sex appeal
Bb
the patchwork girl has come to cinch the
Db
deal
Final Chorus
Db F# A Db (repeated until instrumental outro)
Outro
Dm Db Ab Cm Bb (Repeated until end)
I didn't tab out the middle solo but you can play the whole thing on the 3rd string.
Enjoy.
comments: ejb013@students.stir.ac.uk

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kyle Average	#1 by Kyle at Feb 5, 1970 at 6:07 AM EST
	yes it's most definetly about drugs and the bands like of the wizard of oz and return 2 oz films because if you've seen the dvd they've got a big section on the wizard of oz with ana as dorothy in platforms and fishnets

No Picture cody Average	#2 by cody jay at Feb 11, 1979 at 10:58 AM EST
	You all are right. It's about the gay community's addiction to meth. I read it in a magazine somewhere that that is what it's about.

No Picture Rich Average	#3 by Rich Frazer at Jul 21, 1983 at 10:24 AM EST
	i agree its about drugs or death, whats with the lola la la la la lola?

No Picture kyle Rhythm Player	#4 by kyle perry at May 24, 1984 at 6:18 PM EST
	In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy is knocked unconscience and hallucinates the land of Oz...I think this is just a twisted retelling of that story by replasing the knocking out part with a bad acid/ecstasy trip.

No Picture Pasquale Average	#5 by Pasquale at Aug 12, 1984 at 6:03 PM EST
	"I met him in a bar...Oh my Lola!"

No Picture adrian Average	#6 by adrian zamora at Feb 19, 1989 at 2:44 PM EST
	return to oz is 1 scarey film im not contributin much here im jus sayin does ant1 else hate postin stuff on the 2nd page coz no1 bothers to read that much. hopefully this is the last post on the page coz i always read the last post. did i remember to turn off the iron?... yes GREAT SONG those wheelies r scarey

No Picture duncan_player Wanna Be	#7 by duncan_player at Sep 30, 1991 at 3:11 PM EST
	I think this song is about meth, and the devestating effect it has had on, amongst others, the gay community. Take a look at a long term meth user and then look up skeksis on google image finder.

No Picture Andrew Wanna Be	#8 by Andrew Long at Jul 14, 1992 at 9:49 AM EST
	Ah right, that sounds more like it.

No Picture chris Wanna Be	#9 by chris valverde at Oct 31, 1993 at 2:14 AM EST
	Yeah, messed up film. But I think the song is really about drugs, having a bad experience or a bad batch. "The Skeksis at the rave meant to hide deep inside their sunken faces and their wild rolling eyes" seems to refer to Ecstacy as does "We've fled the world with smiles and clenching jaws". And then there's "Please help me friend I'm coming down". Also, the "gold is brown" might refer to heroin and the "crystal town" might mean crystal meth. It's very cleverly done, though, quite subtle.

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#10 by Jamie Smith at Jun 19, 1994 at 4:22 AM EST
	"I met him in a bar...Oh my Lola!"

No Picture tim Lead Player	#11 by tim sears at Aug 31, 1994 at 3:53 AM EST
	this song freaked me out when i heard it. it reminded me of the first time i saw the return to oz when i was little and those bloody wheelies gave me nightmares and the queen with her heads, i like the song its freaky but that bloody movie disturbed so many children of the 80's

No Picture mat Wanna Be	#12 by mat bar at Jun 20, 1998 at 2:43 AM EST
	Seattle's nickname is the "Emerald City" I dunno if that has any signifigance but just an interesting aside.

No Picture kewl Wanna Be	#13 by kewl dude at Oct 3, 1999 at 6:41 PM EST
	Just one spot of clarification: the song is indeed about meth use in the gay community -- but not New York. The track was written about the Seattle, which is known as "The Emerald City," and where Jake Shears lived for several years.

No Picture camilo Average	#14 by camilo velasquez at Mar 3, 2003 at 4:53 AM EST
	this song really is about the effects of crystal meth on the gay community in new york. not to say every gay person is addicted to meth, this song is just about the ones that are. anyway theres a few mistakes too. it should be "cinch the deal" not clinch. and "help me friend from coming down" not i'm coming down

No Picture James Average	#15 by James Newsome at Nov 3, 2006 at 6:18 PM EST
	haha, this is the lAst film I would expect to see referenced in a song. It was a messed up movie... haha, I love how dorothy is younger in the return to oz and how toto is replaced by a talking chicken... wth

No Picture nick Average	#16 by nick coffeen at Sep 29, 2007 at 9:00 PM EST
	I have read articles written by the extremley talanted Jake Shears and the true meaning of this song is "the affect of crystal meth on the gay community" the lines "To hide deep inside Their sunken faces And their wild rolling eyes But their callous words reveal That they can no longer feel Love or Sex appeal" Describe the affects of meth, sunken faces and rolling eyes is a sign of a meth addicted, and using drugs can affect feeling such as love and can even affect sexual porformance... A brilliant song, by a brilliant man...

No Picture jordan Average	#17 by jordan mcm at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:11 AM EST
	this song is great, well thats what i thought when i downloaded it about 5 months ago but the other day i found out the version i had was just the chorus on repeat!!!! oops, well i heard the FULL version and Its even Better!!!!!!!!!

No Picture The Mexican Who Average	#18 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:23 PM EST
	This sounds so much like something Pink Floyd would make. Utterly brilliant song.

No Picture dylan Average	#19 by dylan markus at Oct 9, 2007 at 10:51 PM EST
	A dark, but good, song which would have been perfect for a main theme for Return To Oz, the film

No Picture Dan Average	#20 by Dan Flores at Oct 10, 2007 at 4:03 PM EST
	Number one- while noone is claiming that all gay people are addicted to, use, or even have tried meth, people need to open up their eyes. I am a young gay woman who used to frequent the "club scene" and while I am fairly straight edged, many of my close friends used. It is very easy to say that since you and your friends dont use any drugs that there isn't a problem, but people need to open their eyes it. It is a massive problem, especially in the gay male community. It is unfortunate, and disturbing, but very very true. Anyhow, I'm positive this song is about meth use as well, if only for the physical discription of a user: "three o'clock in the morning You get a phonecall"- meth users often spend up to a week tweeking with no sleep, which often leads to audiotory hallucinations "Their sunken faces"-lack of sleep and increased energy leads to very dramatic weight loss "clenching jaws"- this is the most annoying effect meth has on people. They get lock jaw as well as griding teeth By the way, feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions about meth "That they can no longer feel Love or Sex appeal"- increased libido and increased, often frightening, agression

No Picture Jeff Average	#21 by Jeff Berg at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:40 AM EST
	I have to agree with everyone on what the song is about, but if anyone has ever seen the movie "The Dark Crystal" you will know that the evil creatures in it are called The Skeksis and it is a pretty good description in the lyrics by saying Their sunken faces And their wild rolling eyes. Those things still freak me out!

No Picture gabby Professional	#22 by gabby at Oct 15, 2007 at 9:57 PM EST
	Oh...by the way..."the gay community's addiction to meth"? I'm gay and am definatly not addicted ot meth nor do I know anyone gay person who is.

No Picture kewl Wanna Be	#23 by kewl dude at Oct 18, 2007 at 7:16 PM EST
	Also the 'what once was emerald city's now a crystal town' line, possibly referring to crystal meth?