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Oysters

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Eminor

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[Intro]
Em G C C G
Em Am D D
[Verse 1]
EmSomebody's wishing on Ga shooting Cstar
GShooting star streaming cross Emthe sky
AmYou know it's just a meteoDrite
[Verse 2]
EmPeople throwing Gpennies in a wishing Cwell
GWishing well is gonna run Emdry
AmBut I ain't gonna leave you toniDght
[Verse 3]
EmEverybody Gtalking about changing the Cworld
GWorld ain't ever gonna Emchange
AmBut you can always change in front of Dme
[Verse 4]
EmI'll shuck all the oysters and you Gcan keep Cthe pearl
 GI do my shucking and my jiving for Emfree
AmFree Dlike walking down the beach at night
[Refrain]
GPut a bunch of lines out to the one you want
 CTill you get it rightAm  
DSometimes you don't Gget it rightBm  Em  Bm  
AmSometimes you won'tD  
Gget it rightBm  Em  Bm  
[Outro]
 AmBut when you doD  
 Git's out of sightBm  Em  Bm  
AmSometimes you doD  
Gget it right

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Oysters

by Meshell Ndegeocello

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em G C C G

Em Am D D

[Verse 1]

Em G C

Somebody's wishing on a shooting star

G Em

Shooting star streaming cross the sky

Am D

You know it's just a meteorite

[Verse 2]

Em G C

People throwing pennies in a wishing well

G Em

Wishing well is gonna run dry

Am D

But I ain't gonna leave you tonight

[Verse 3]

Em G C

Everybody talking about changing the world

G Em

World ain't ever gonna change

Am D

But you can always change in front of me

[Verse 4]

Em G C

I'll shuck all the oysters and you can keep the pearl

G Em

I do my shucking and my jiving for free

Am D

Free like walking down the beach at night

[Refrain]

Put a bunch of lines out to the one you want

C Am

Till you get it right

D G Bm Em Bm

Sometimes you don't get it right

Am D

Sometimes you won't

G Bm Em Bm

get it right

[Outro]

Am D

But when you do

G Bm Em Bm

it's out of sight

Am D

Sometimes you do

get it right

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