This is a pretty basic song, but it was hard establishing which are minors from majors. An astricks (*) denotes that the voicing of the chord switches down, so that all chords are played within the same octave, while appearing to be continuously inclining.
C C#m Dm D#
Oregon is bad
E Fm (*)F# G
Stop it if you can
G#m A
Here it comes
A# Bm (*)
Here it comes
Now it's after you
Flee to some place new
Run away
Run away
From the penthouse
To the prison
To the humble pied-Ã -terre
Are they taking up the cry?
In the brothel
In the castle
On the crowded boulevard
Do they sing the dreadful words?
Oregon is bad
Stop it if you can
Here it comes
Here it comes
Oregon is bad
Stop it if you can
Run away
Run away
Alternate version
C C#dim Dm D#dim
C F D G
E Am A# G
Appears the album version is in the key of F, throwing everything up a fourth it sounds spot on.
Two More Alt Versions:
Version 1:
C C#dim Dm D#dim
Em F F#dim G
G#dim Am A# Bdim
Simplified:
C A7/C# Dm B7/D#
Em F D7/F# G
E7/G# Am A# G7/B
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