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