Misc Musicals – The Art Of Pleasing Princes - Dead Princesses Go To Heaven (Guitar)

     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

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

     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

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

     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

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

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!