Chords with lyrics
Capo: 4(or go up four half steps, obviously)
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
E minorEm
Sugarplum fairies on parade
D MajorD
The smiling dolls wield the sharpest blade
Em7/BEm7/B
Candyfloss pink the sequins whirl
D/AD/A
Beneath a serpent ready to uncurl
E minor 7Em7
E minorEm
A augmentedA dealer playing with my state of mind
D MajorD
Roulette wheel the colors were entwined
Em7/BEm7/B
Black and white Russians were prepared
D/AD/A
She staked her claim to the lions share
E minor 7Em7
G+G A minorAm
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
D MajorD G+G
She beckoned me from marble stairs
G+G Am7Am7
Long ago with all the dreamers
D MajorD G+G
I fell into her emerald spell
A augmentedA thousand silver songs that filled the air
Rosary the worry beads of care
I should have understood
The queen of hearts
Played to win right from the start
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell
Instrumental: E minor 7Em7
The dice were loaded, knew I was ensnared
Fingers turned to talons in my hair
A augmentedA rusted door inside a golden cage
A augmentedA broken chord, a bird that flew away
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell
Guitar Instrumental: E5, D5, then F#5, G#5G#5 fade on F#F#