The Tailor

	  		
verse 1 

G             C           G 
the king's guardsman's greedy 
D            G     Em 
he's underpaid he knows 
 C                        G 
tailor sew me a cloak of indigo 
  G 
that will disguise me well 
   D       G         Em 
for the highwayman's game 
C                    
no one will suspect evil 
          G                   F 
and the king's cross are the same 
C 
i will pay you dearly 
                     G       Em 
with half of what i claim 



D 
no said the tailor 
G            D   G 
the tailor said no 
D 
a cloak will not hide 
Em                  C 
what your own eyes see 
C 
a cloak will not change 
G               F 
what is hidden underneath 
C 
just as mine does not confine 
      G 
the idea of what i am 
D                       Em 
i am not a tailor i'm a man 


verse 2 

G             C         G 
the king's queen is hungry 
D            G             Em 
for the pleasures adultery knows 
 C                          G 
tailor sew me a cloak of scarlet 
  G 
that will disguise me well 
   D       G         Em 
for courting on the sly 
  C 
that will make the fever 
          G                  F 
transparent to the night's eyes 
C 
i will pay you dearly 
                     G       Em 
with favors and with sighs 


D 
no said the tailor 
G            D   G 
the tailor said no 
D 
a cloak will not hide 
Em                  C 
what your own eyes see 
C 
a cloak will not change 
G               F 
what is hidden underneath 
C 
just as mine does not confine 
      G 
the idea of what i am 
D                       Em 
i am not a tailor i'm a man 



verse 3 

G             C        G 
the king he is frightened 
D            G          Em 
with shadows behind his back 
 C                        G 
tailor sew me a cloak of sable 
  G 
that will disguise me well 
   D       G         Em 
from the daggers of my foes 
 C 
that will keep me far above 
     G           F 
those that are below 
C 
i will pay you dearly 
                     G       Em 
if you fail on the gallows 

 

D 
no said the tailor 
G            D   G 
the tailor said no 
D 
a cloak will not hide 
Em                  C 
what your own eyes see 
C 
a cloak will not change 
G               F 
what is hidden underneath 
C 
just as mine does not confine 
      G 
the idea of what i am 
D                       Em 
i am not a tailor i'm a man