Title: The Emperor's New Clothes

Artist: Elton John
Sequenced by: Glen Breed
Copyright © 2001 by G. Breed

Elton John Transcription

We bet on our lives
and we bet on the horses
In that upstairs apartment
On Orlando and 4th
And the rent was due
and the rent'n man was knockin'
Like a Chinese proverb
We were always searching

Nightlife's a nowin
but nobody noticed
How we killed off the bottles
looking good on the surface
The dog days barked
and the house cat got old
We were Bonnie and Clyde
In the emperor's new clothes

And the tears never came
They just stayed in our eyes
We refused to admit
that we wore this disguise
Every inch of us growing
Like Pinocchio's nose
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 tears never came
They just stayed in our eyes
We refused to admit
that we wore this disguise
Every inch of us growing
Like Pinocchio's nose
As we walked around
in the emperor's new clothes

We were Bonnie and Clyde
In the emperor's new clothes

And the tears never came
They just stayed in our eyes
We refused to admit
that we wore this disguise
Every inch of us growing
Like Pinocchio's nose
As we walked around
in the emperor's new clothes,
in the emperor's new clothes,
emperor's new clothes, yeah

The Emperor's New Clothes
Soft karaoke
Words
Melody
Right Hand
Left Hand

The Emperor's New Clothes
By Elton John
From the album Songs From The West Coast
Transcribed by G. Breed © 2001
Elton John's B-Side Midi Cafe
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