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