• Song:

    Ill Wear It Proudly

  • Artist:

    Elvis Costello

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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 94 01:14:16 EDT
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Subject: Elvis_Costello/I'llWearItProudly.crd
Organization: Princeton University


I'll Wear It Proudly
Elvis Costello
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu


  DI (xx0232@1)hate these flaming curtains
                AThey're (x02220@1)not the color of your hair
  GI (320003@1)hate these striplights
                 DThey're (xx0232@1)not so undoing as your stare
   DI (xx0232@1)hate the buttons on your shirt
                         GWhen (320003@1)all I want to do is tear
GI (320003@1)hate this bloody big bed of mine
                AWhen (x02220@1)you're not here

       D (xx0232@1)               D/C# (x40232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)   GWell (320003@1)I finally found someone to turn me upside down
    D (xx0232@1)             F#m (244222@1)                AAnd (x02220@1)nail my feet up where my head should be
        D (xx0232@1)           D/C# (x40232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)      GIf (320003@1)they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
    DAnd (xx0232@1)you can all die laughing
    F#m (244222@1)        DCos (xx0232@1)I'll wear it proudly

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Well you semm to be shivering dear
And the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows
That subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear
No words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge
That you put all over my face

Chorus
AI'll (x02220@1)wear it proudly
            G (320003@1)           DThrough (xx0232@1)the dives and the dancehalls
   AIf (x02220@1)you'll wear it proudly
            G (320003@1)           DThrough (xx0232@1)the snakepits and catcalls
       A (x02220@1)          GLike (320003@1)a fifteen year old kid
        D (xx0232@1)     BmWears (x24432@1)a vampire kiss
   GIf (320003@1)you don't know what is wrong with me
                                AThen (x02220@1)you don't know what you've missed


We are arms and legs
Wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out
And the air turned blue from fright
But in shameless moments
You made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness
Says "What do you suggest?"

Chorus

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