Elvis Costello – Ill Wear It Proudly (Guitar)

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  D
I hate these flaming curtains

                A
They're not the color of your hair

  G
I hate these striplights

                 D
They're not so undoing as your stare

   D
I hate the buttons on your shirt

                         G
When all I want to do is tear

G
I hate this bloody big bed of mine

                A
When you're not here

       D                 D/C#           Bm     G
Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down

    D               F#m                  A
And nail my feet up where my head should be

        D             D/C#               Bm        G
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown

    D
And you can all die laughing

    F#m          D
Cos I'll wear it proudly

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  D
Well you seem to be shivering dear

                         A
And the room is awfully warm

        G
In the white and scarlet billows

        D
That subside beyond the storm

  D
You have this expression dear

                         G
No words could take its place

G
And I wear it like a badge

                         A
That you put all over my face
[Chorus]
A
I'll wear it proudly

            G             D
Through the dives and the dancehalls

   A
If you'll wear it proudly

            G             D
Through the snakepits and catcalls

       A            G
Like a fifteen year old kid

        D       Bm
Wears a vampire kiss

   G
If you don't know what is wrong with me

                                A
Then you don't know what you've missed

  D
We are arms and legs

                           A
Wrapped round more than my memory tonight

          G
When the bell rang out

                           D
And the air around turned blue from fright

D
But in shameless moments

          G
You made more of me than just a mess

G
And a handful of eagerness

                   A
Says "What do you suggest?"

       D                 D/C#           Bm     G
Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down

    D               F#m                  A
And nail my feet up where my head should be

        D             D/C#               Bm        G
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown

    D
And you can all die laughing

    F#m          D
Cos I'll wear it proudly