Key: C
Introduction:
Em
Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
C
And from that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed.
G
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
C B7
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...
Em D
Please, leave all overcoats, canes and top hats with the doorman.
G C
And from that moment, you'll be out of place and underdressed.
Am B
I'm wrecking this evening already and loving every minute of it.
C D
Ruining this banquet for the mildly inspiring and...
Em Am
When you're in black slacks with accentuating, off-white, pinstripes
C B7 Em
Whoa, everything goes according to plan.
C B Em G
I am the new cancer, never looked better, you can't stand it.
G
Because you say so under your breath.
B7
You're reading lips "when did he get at all confident?"
C B Em G
Haven't you heard that i'm the new cancer?
G B7 B C B C
Never looked better, and you can't stand it
Em
Next is a trip to the, the ladies room in vain, and
C
I bet you just can't keep up (keep up) with these fashionistas, and
G
Tonight, tonight you are, you are a whispering campaign.
C B7
I bet to them your name is "cheap", I bet to them you look like shit.
Em D
Talk to the mirror, oh, choke back tears.
G C
And keep telling yourself that "I'm a diva!"
Am B C
Oh and the smokes in that cigarette box on the table,
D C B B7
They just so happen to be laced with nitroglycerin.
I am the new cancer, never looked better...
Em D G C
Haven't you heard that I'm the new cancer?
B Em
I've never looked better, and you can't stand it 2x
Em D G C
And I know, and I know, it just doesn't feel like a night out with no one sizing you up.
B Em
I've never been so surreptitious, so of course you'll be distracted when i spike the punch. 3x