Willy Mason - Oxygen
The verses are, in fact, as simple as they sound. The only really challenging part of
this song is the chord sequence in the last 2 bars of the chorus. It doesn't take much
shape until the chorus, but it's a satisfying thing to play if you're on your own and
comfortable with singing and playing simultaniously. This may not be 100% correct, but
enjoy, and improve on it if you can. note: brackets under the prechorus are to help with
timing, listening to the track is always best though.
Verse (listen to track for timing)
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e:|-------------------------|
B:|-------------------------|
G:|-------------------------|
D:|-------------------------|
A:|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|
E:|-------------------------| x3
I wanna be..
e:|-------------------------| e:|-------------------------|
B:|-------------------------| B:|-------------------------|
G:|-------------------------| G:|-------------------------|
D:|-------------------------| D:|-------------------------|
A:|-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-| A:|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-|
E:|-------------------------| E:|-------------------------| x3
drowning and weak in the knees.. I wanna speak...
e:|-------------------------| e:|-------------------------|
B:|-------------------------| B:|-------------------------|
G:|-------------------------| G:|-------------------------|
D:|-------------------------| D:|-------------------------|
A:|-4---4-4---4-6---6-6---6-| A:|-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-|
E:|-------------------------| E:|-------------------------| x3
that they've got a disease.. I wanna be..
Pre-chorus
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/willy_mason/oxygen_tab.html ]
e:|-2-----------------------|-----------5----5-5---5--|
B:|-4-----------------------|-----------4----4-4---4--|
G:|-4-----------------------|-----------4----4-4---4--|
D:|-4-----------------------|-----------4----4-4---4--|
A:|-2-----------------------|-----------6----6-6---6--|
E:|-------------------------|------ ----7----7-7---7--|
(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4)
e:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-4------4--4-------4--4--|
B:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
G:|-1------1--1-------1--1--|-6------6--6-------6--6--|
D:|-2------2--2-------2--2--|-6------6--6-------6--6--|
A:|-2------2--2-------2--2--|-4------4--4-------4--4--|
E:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-------------------------|
On and on, and on, and on it goes The
e:|-5------5--5-------5--5--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
B:|-5------5--5-------5--5--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
G:|-6------6--6-------6--6--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
D:|-7------7--7-------7--7--|-7------7--7-------7--7--|
A:|-7------7--7-------7--7--|-7------7--7-------7--7--|
E:|-5------5--5-------5--5--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
world it just keeps spinning Until
e:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-4------4--4-------4--4--|
B:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-5------5--5-------5--5--|
G:|-1------1--1-------1--1--|-6------6--6-------6--6--|
D:|-2------2--2-------2--2--|-6------6--6-------6--6--|
A:|-2------2--2-------2--2--|-4------4--4-------4--4--|
E:|-0------0--0-------0--0--|-------------------------|
i'm dizzy, time to breathe
e:|---2---------5-------|--5----------------|--0------|
B:|---2---------5-------|--5----------------|--0------|
G:|---2---------6-------|--5----------------|--1------|
D:|---4---------7-------|--7----------------|--2------|
A:|---4---------7-------|--7----------------|--2------|
E:|---2---------5-------|--5----------------|--0------|
So close my eyes and start again anew
