Rufus Wainwright - Art Teacher

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 , A# , 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 , A# , 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 , A# , 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 A# 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 , A# , Am , G )
no never have i loved – any other man ( C , G )