• Song:

    You Wear It Well

  • Artist:

    Rod Stewart

  • Album:

    Sing It Again Rod

Tom: D5
 
D5     G5
I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
       A5                           D5
but to settle down and write you a line
       G5
I been meaning to phone ya, but from Minnesota
A5                           D5
Hell, it's been a very long time
            A5
You wear it well
  E5         D5          G5          A5
A little old fashioned but that's all right
D5    G5
I suppose you're thinking Aunt Betty's sinking
      A5                          D5
oh he wouldn't get in touch with me
    G5
For I ain't begging or losing my head
  A5
I sure do want you to [D]know
                 A5
That you wear it well
E5            D5      G5       A5
There ain't a lady in a land so fine oh my
D5
Remember those
G5
basement parties, your brothers karate
A5                     D5
All day rock and roll shows
    G5
the homesick blues and the radical views
A5                      D5
haven't left a mark on you
            A5
You wear it well
  E5                 D5     G5       A5
A little late on the time but I don't mind
               G5                          A5
But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
      G5                    A5
but I blew it without even trying
        G5
Now I'm eating my heart out
A5                      D5
trying to get a letter through
E5                D5              G5        A5
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on 
          D5
I want to write about the
G5
birthday gown that I bought in town
   A5                             D5
as you sat down and cried on the stairs

You knew it didn't
G5
cost the earth, but for what it's worth
            A5                  D5
you made me feel like a millionaire
                A5
and you wear it well
E5      D5       G5          A5
Madame Onassis got nothing on you
D5       G5            
Well my  coffee's cold, and I'm gettin told
       A5                 D5
that I gotta get back to work
            G5
So when the sun goes low and you're home alone
A5                           D5
 think of me and try not to laugh
              A5
and I wear it well
E5      D5        G5       A5
I don't mind if you call collect
      D5        G5                          A5
But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine
      G5                    A5
but I blew it without even trying
        G5
Now I'm eating my heart out
A5                     D5
trying to get back to you
E5                D5         G5         A5
Since that's been said, what's left to address?

'The little man knows all ...'
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