Em7     Bm7
Em                         
Sugarplum fairies on parade
D
The smiling dolls wield the sharpest blade
Em7/B
Candyfloss pink the sequins whirl
D/A
Beneath a serpent ready to uncurl

Em7
Em                                     
A dealer playing with my state of mind
D
Roulette wheel the colors were entwined
Em7/B
Black and white Russians were prepared
D/A
She staked her claim to the lions share

Em7
G                        Am  
Dressed in velvet in the limelight
D                           G
She beckoned me from marble stairs
G                     Am7 
Long ago with all the dreamers
D                       G
I fell into her emerald spell

A thousand silver songs that filled the air
Rosary the worry beads of care
I should have understood
The queen of hearts
Played to win right from the start

Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell

Instrumental: Em7

The dice were loaded, knew I was ensnared
Fingers turned to talons in my hair
A rusted door inside a golden cage
A broken chord, a bird that flew away

Dressed in velvet in the limelight
She beckoned me from marble stairs
Long ago with all the dreamers
I fell into her emerald spell