The Art Of Pleasing Princes - Dead Princesses Go To Heaven chords by Misc Musicals

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
     Em                                 C
When I was young, my father told me the story of a girl
     D                                B7
Who spent her whole life doing what she ought
    Em                                   C
She strained and loved and suffered and, in the end, she died
    D               G              B7
But angels gave her everything she sought

Chorus:
D
He told me
G                            B
Dead princesses go to heaven when they earn their crown
      Em                                 D
They get to choose their lovers and they lay their burdеns down
G                               B
Dead princesses go to hеaven to be reborn as queen
Em               A               D
If they play the perfect part in this palatial scene

Verse 2:
     Em                                  C
When I was young, my father told me the story of a girl
     D                                  B7
Who wanted to be something more than pretty words and pompadours
     Em                       C
She slipped away in silence without a note or trace
       G                                  B7
Though people sometimes said they saw her dancing on a distant shore

Chorus:
N.C.
He told me
G                            B7
Dead princesses go to heaven if they’re brave and smart
      C                                  D
They cast aside their masks and lies and listen to their heart
G                                B7
Dead princesses go to heaven and dance through waterfalls
         Em                        B
And they never have to worry about dresses, gowns, or balls

Verse 3:
     Em
I’ve thought of that, I’m not a fool
    B
But I have a love who needs me here
G
Jason, too, could steal away
A7
We could help you disappear
Em
Why should I trust you? You’re awfully nice
B
Every courtier has his price
G
You said it yourself: we’re smothered in lies
A                  B7
Selflessness would be a surprise

Em
This would further Rowan’s plans
B
It’s not just foolish generosity
G               E
So if you don’t believe I’d help you
A              B7
Think of it as reciprocity
E              G
Jason couldn’t make me stay
     B7
He’s not the type to claim my heart
    A
But while my lover’s locked away
    D
I’d miss them far too much to part
 Em         C          D        G
A brilliant mage whose dismal cage
                         B7
Keeps them from getting free
Am
You could build a life with them
       D                Am
If you put your trust in me

Bridge:
Em
We could stage the perfect crime
Em7
Kill the princess, spare the lover
G
Rowan would help you move away
A
And spend your lives with one another
  (spoken)
Okay

  (spoken)
Okay!

Chorus:
G                                  B7
Dead princesses go to heaven where wedding bells will chime
C                       D
Doing double duty as a funeral half-time
G
Dead princesses go to heaven
B7
And live just as they please
D
Where every day is golden
        G
And the only queens are bees!