melody:  A G E C G  D C A F C  
chords:  C          Dm/F       C/G  G G
 
melody:  A G E C G  Bb (chord) C A F C   
chords:  C          Bb                Bb/F  F F  F
 
C                         C/E
We bet on our lives and we bet on the horses
        F
In that upstairs apartment
     C
On Orlando and 4th
        G                   Am           C/G
And the rent was due and the rent man was knocking
       F
Like a Chinese proverb
        C/G C/G  C/G G     F
We were al- ways searching
 
C                       C/E
Nightlife's a no-win but nobody noticed
       F
How we killed off the bottles
        C
Looking good on the surface
    G                      Am        C/G
The dog days barked and the house cat got old
        F
We were Bonnie and Clyde
       C/G      G    C     F/C C
In the emperor's new clothes
 
        Am
And the tears never came
          G/B
They just stayed in our eyes
     F/C                   F/C  C            C  G/B
We refused to admit that we wore this disguise
      Am
Every inch of us growing
        Gm
Like Pinocchio's nose
      A+      A           Dm C/E Dm/F C/G        C  F/C C
As we walked around in the em-per-or's new clothes
 
melody:  A G E C G  D C A F C  
chords:  C          Dm/F       C/G  G G
 
melody:  A G E C G  Bb (chord) C A F C   
chords:  C          Bb                Bb/F  F F  F
 
   C                          C/E
We flew by our wits and by the seat of our pants
       F
In the state of illusion
       C
In the nation of chance
        G                   Am             C/G
And the repo was hauling the wreck we'd been driving
       F
As the dashboard Madonna
       C/G            G
Smiled back at us kindly
 
   C                       C/E
We cheated the system never batting an eyelid
       F
Seeing only the good
            C
Through the holes in our shoes
        G                      Am        C/G
And our halos were rusty but we wore them proudly
        F
We were two little gods
       C/G      G    C      F/C C
In the emperor's new clothes
 
(CHORUS)
 
melody:  A G E C G  D C A F C  
chords:  C          Dm/F       C/G  G G
 
melody:  A G E C G  Bb (chord) C A F C   
chords:  C          Bb                Bb/F  F F  F
 
(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)
 
(CHORUS)
 
melody:  A G E C G  D C A F C  
chords:  C          Dm/F       C/G  G G
 
melody:  A G E C G  Bb (chord) C A F C   
chords:  C          Bb                Bb/F  F F  F
 
F C/E Dm7  C  F/C C  Dm/C C  C C