The Art Teacher by Rufus Wainwright There I was in uniform (B) Looking at, the art - teacher (E7) I was, just a girl then (G) Never have I, loved, since then (G) He was not that much older than I was (he had) (B) Taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum (E7) He asked us what our favorite work of art was (G) And never could I tell him, it was him (G) Oh I wish I could tell him . . . (C) Oh I wish I could have told him (G) [hold 2-extra measures]
I looked at the Reubens and Rembrandts (B) I liked the John Singer Sergeants (E7) He told me he liked Turner (G) Never have I, turned since then (G) No never have I turned to any other man (G) [solo over verse] Am7 All this having been said Am I married an executive company head G All, this having been done, a Turner . . . I own one (walk bass from 9th fret on A string after Cm) Here I am in this uniformish pantsuit sort of thing (B) Thinking of the art teacher (E7, hold 3 measures) I was just a girl then (G) Never have I, loved since then (G) No never have I loved - any other man (