The Art Teacher by Rufus Wainwright There I was in uniform (Em, B) Looking at, the art - teacher (Dm, Esus4, E7) I was, just a girl then (C, G) Never have I, loved, since then (C, Bb, Am, G) He was not that much older than I was (he had) (Em, B) Taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum (Dm, Esus4, E7) He asked us what our favorite work of art was (C, G) And never could I tell him, it was him (C, Bb, Am, 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 (Em, B) I liked the John Singer Sergeants (Dm, Esus4, E7) He told me he liked Turner (C, G) Never have I, turned since then (C, Bb, Am, G) No never have I turned to any other man (C, G) [solo over verse] Em Am7 All this having been said B7 C B Bb Am I married an executive company head C A Cm F, D#, D Cm 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 (Em, B) Thinking of the art teacher (F, Esus4, E7, hold 3 measures) I was just a girl then (C, G) Never have I, loved since then (C, Bb, Am, G) No never have I loved - any other man (C, G)
