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The Emperors New Clothes

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A/C   C/E  Dm/ F   C/G  G  
A/C C/E Bb/F Bb/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 AmknockingC/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 good Con the surface
The doGg days barked and the house cat gAm7ot old
We were Bonnie Cand Clyde
In the emFmaj7peror's new GclotheCsF/C  C  
And the tearFs never came
They jusF/At stG/Bayed in our eyes
We refusF/Ced to admit that we wore this disCguiseC/B  
Every incFh of us growing
Like PiBb6nocchio's nose
A+ A   Dm   C/E   F   G   C   F/C   C  
As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes
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 refusF/Ced to admit that we wore this disCguiseC/B  
Every incFh of us growing
Like PiBb6nocchio's nose
A+ A   Dm   C/E   F   G   Bb   F/A  Fm7/ Ab  C/G  
As we walked around in the emperor's new clothes
Dm   C/E   F   G   Bb   F/A  Fm7/ Ab  C/G  
emperor's new clothes
DmempC/EerorF's Gnew cClothesF/C  C  
A/C   C/E  Dm/ F   C/G  G  
A/C C/E Bb/F Bb/F F C/E F/D C
F/C C
F/CCopyrCight (C) Mark van Gerven Netherlands
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