The Art Of Pleasing Princes Title Song chords by Misc Musicals

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

With those two-faced nobles treading on your toes
       C             D   G
Or you could take a chance on a night of dark romance
       A7               D
Where you'll learn the only thing a courtier knows:

Chorus:
     G
It’s the art of pleasing princes
    G7
That's all life has to be
    C
I'm an expert at the practice since
   D
The prince who’s pleased is me!
 C          G
I live for praise in a golden haze
  C        G
Of sex and borrowed time
 Am       C
Before my father ends my days
   D
Each night should be sublime!

Interlude:
G G7 C D
C G C G
Am C D

Verse 2:
     G    G/D    G
When you live your life on the edge of a knife
 Em
A pawn in your father's grand plan
  C           G
You drown your spite in hedonistic delight
  A7              D
And take the edge off any way you can

Chorus:
     G
It's the art of pleasing princes
     G7
He's so dangerous and brooding!
C
All the courtiers fall
      D        D7
For the sly charm that he's exuding!
 C       G
Seditious lords adore me
    C     G
And do anything I say
  Am       C
The church and king abhor me
   D
And I wouldn't have it any other way!

Bridge:
N.C.
He's for:
  G
Composers who hate writing nothing but hymns
  Gm
Artists who want to paint long, naked limbs
C
Socialites stuck in the muck of bureaucracy
D              D7
Scholars whose studies might shake the theocracy
Gm
Though he would never get up before noon

And he drinks his liquor from a golden spoon
     Cm
Though he might be too flighty to be a good king
   D                     D7
He's apt to get distracted by his newest fling
     C             G
Still, despite all his flaws he’s the best chance we’ve got
    A        A7      D
So the art of pleasing princes is our sycophantic lot

Chorus:
     G
It's the art of pleasing princes
     G7
When it’s difficult to tell
   C
If tomorrow you'll be mince, it's nice
  D
To know you'll go to hell!
   C          G
In a court of schemes and spies
    C      G
Why not toady to the best
      Am        C
‘cause bad princes make good allies
  D          G
And love is all that I request!
   D         D7   G
Yes, love is all that (we/I) request!