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Art Teacher
Rufus Wainwright
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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "The Art Teacher"
tabbed by Rollo, rollosb@hotmail.com
This song is a wonderful and blissful touch to a magnificent album from an artist
that's undoubtedly one of the most creative, sincere and well-sounding artists since
God-knows-when. Do it justice!
Ebm Bb
There I was in uniform
E Eb7sus4 Eb7
Looking at the art---- teacher.
B Gb
I was just a girl then;
B A Abm Gb
Never have I loved since then.
Ebm Bb
He was not that much older than I was
E Eb7sus4 Eb7
He had taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum
B Gb
He asked us what our favorite work of art was,
B A Abm Gb
But never could I tell him it was-- him.
B
Oh, I wish I could tell him --
Gb
Oh, I wish I could have told him.
Ebm Bb
I looked at the Reubens and Rembrandts
E Eb7sus4 Eb7 B
I liked the John Singer Sergeants
Gb
He told me he liked Turner
B A Abm Gb
Never have I turned since then
B Gb
No, never have I turned to any other man.
[French horn solo, following verse structure]
Ebm Abm7
All this having been said,
Bb7 B Bb A Abm
I married an executive company head.
B Ab Bm/F# Bm/E Bm/D Bm/Db Bm Gb*
All this having been done, a Tur---ner------------ I- own one.
Ebm Bb E
Here I am in this uniform, this pantsuit sort of thing,
Eb7sus4 Eb7 B
Thinking of the art--- teacher.
Gb
I was just a girl then;
B A Abm Gb
Never have I loved since then.
B Gb
No, never have I loved any other man.
[ends on a high Gb chord]
* This is actually played as a D-Db-Bb-Gb sequence occurring two times fast, one time slow.