The Emperors New Clothes Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

A/C C/E Dm F C/G G

A/C C/E A♯/F A♯/F F

 We beCt on our lives and we bet on the hC/Eorses

 In that upFstairs apartment

 On OrlandCo and 4th

 And the renGt was due and the rent man was Amknocking C/G

 Like a ChiFnese proverb

 We were alwaC/Gys sC/GearcC/GhingG F

CNightlife's a no-win but nobody C/Enoticed

 How we killeFd off the bottles

 Looking goodC on the surface

 The doGg days barked and the house cat gAm7ot old

 We were BonnieC and Clyde

 In the emF7Mperor's new GclotheCs F C

 And the tearFs never came

 They jusF/At stG/Bayed in our eyes

 We refusFed to admit that we wore this dCisguise C/B

 Every incFh of us growing

 Like PiA♯6nocchio's nose

 As we walkAed around in theA emperor's neDmw cC/ElothFesG C F C

We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants

In the state of illusion

In the nation of chance

And the repo was hauling the wreck we'd been driving

As the dashboard Madonna

Smiled back at us kindly

We cheated the system never batting an eyelid

Seeing only the good

Through the holes in our shoes

And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly

We were two little gods

In the emperor's new clothes

 And the tearFs never came

 They jusF/At stG/Bayed in our eyes

 We refusFed to admit that we wore this dCisguise C/B

 Every incFh of us growing

 Like PiA♯6nocchio's nose

 As we walkAed around in theA emperor's neDmw cC/ElothFesG A♯ F/A Fm7 G♯ C/G

DmempC/EerorF'sG new cA♯lotheF/As Fm7 G♯ C/G

DmempC/EerorF'sG new cClothes F C

A/C C/E Dm F C/G G

A/C C/E A♯/F A♯/F F C/E F/D C