The Art Of Pleasing Princes Title Song chords by Misc Musicals

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
   G+G
See, darling, you could sit there bored as hell

With those two-faced nobles treading on your toes
       C majorC             D MajorD   G+G
Or you could take a chance on a night of dark romance
       A7A7               D MajorD
Where you'll learn the only thing a courtier knows:

Chorus:
     G+G
It’s the art of pleasing princes
    G7G7
That's all life has to be
    C majorC
I'm an expert at the practice since
   D MajorD
The prince who’s pleased is me!
 C majorC          G+G
I live for praise in a golden haze
  C majorC        G+G
Of sex and borrowed time
 A minorAm       C majorC
Before my father ends my days
   D MajorD
Each night should be sublime!

Interlude:
G+G G7G7 C majorC D MajorD
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD

Verse 2:
     G+G    G/DG/D    G+G
When you live your life on the edge of a knife
 E minorEm
A augmentedA pawn in your father's grand plan
  C majorC           G+G
You drown your spite in hedonistic delight
  A7A7              D MajorD
And take the edge off any way you can

Chorus:
     G+G
It's the art of pleasing princes
     G7G7
He's so dangerous and brooding!
C majorC
All the courtiers fall
      D MajorD        D7D7
For the sly charm that he's exuding!
 C majorC       G+G
Seditious lords adore me
    C majorC     G+G
And do anything I say
  A minorAm       C majorC
The church and king abhor me
   D MajorD
And I wouldn't have it any other way!

Bridge:
N.C.
He's for:
  G+G
Composers who hate writing nothing but hymns
  G minorGm
Artists who want to paint long, naked limbs
C majorC
Socialites stuck in the muck of bureaucracy
D MajorD              D7D7
Scholars whose studies might shake the theocracy
G minorGm
Though he would never get up before noon

And he drinks his liquor from a golden spoon
     C minorCm
Though he might be too flighty to be a good king
   D MajorD                     D7D7
He's apt to get distracted by his newest fling
     C majorC             G+G
Still, despite all his flaws he’s the best chance we’ve got
    A augmentedA        A7A7      D MajorD
So the art of pleasing princes is our sycophantic lot

Chorus:
     G+G
It's the art of pleasing princes
     G7G7
When it’s difficult to tell
   C majorC
If tomorrow you'll be mince, it's nice
  D MajorD
To know you'll go to hell!
   C majorC          G+G
In a court of schemes and spies
    C majorC      G+G
Why not toady to the best
      A minorAm        C majorC
‘cause bad princes make good allies
  D MajorD          G+G
And love is all that I request!
   D MajorD         D7D7   G+G
Yes, love is all that (we/I) request!