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I'll Wear It Proudly

Elvis Costello
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 I  hate these flaming curtains
 They're  not the color of your hair
 I  hate these striplights
 They're  not so undoing as your stare
 I  hate the buttons on your shirt
 When  all I want to do is tear
 I  hate this bloody big bed of mine
 When  you're not here
 Well  I finally found  someone to turn  me upside  down
 And  nail my feet up  where my head should  be
 If  they had a King  of Fools then I could  wear that  crown
 And  you can all die laughing
 Cos  I'll wear it  proudly
Organ (2 times)
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 Well you semm to be shivering dear
 And the room is awfully warm
 In the white and scarlet billows
 That subside beyond the storm
 You have this expression dear
 No words could take its place
 And I wear it like a badge
 That you put all over my face
 I'll  wear it proudly
 Through  the dives  and the dancehalls
 If  you'll wear it proudly
 Through  the snakepits  and catcalls
 Like  a fifteen year  old kid
 Wears  a vampire  kiss
 If  you don't know what is wrong with me
 Then  you don't know what you've missed
 We are arms and legs
 Wrapped round more than my memory tonight
 When the bell rang out
 And the air turned blue from fright
 But in shameless moments
 You made more of me than just a mess
 And a handful of eagerness
 Says "What do you suggest?"

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Readable chord sheet for I'll Wear It Proudly by Elvis Costello

I[D] hate these flaming curtains

T[A]hey're not the color of your hair

I[G] hate these striplights

T[D]hey're not so undoing as your stare

I[D] hate the buttons on your shirt

W[G]hen all I want to do is tear

I[G] hate this bloody big bed of mine

W[A]hen you're not here

W[D]ell I finally found[D/C#] someone to turn[Bm] me upsi[G]de down

A[D]nd nail my feet u[F#m]p where my head should[A] be

I[D]f they had a Ki[D/C#]ng of Fools then I c[Bm]ould wear t[G]hat crown

A[D]nd you can all die laughing

C[F#m]os I'll wear i[D]t proudly

Organ (2 times)
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-|-------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
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Well you semm to be shivering dear
And the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows
That subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear
No words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge
That you put all over my face

I[A]'ll wear it proudly

T[G]hrough the dive[D]s and the dancehalls

I[A]f you'll wear it proudly

T[G]hrough the snak[D]epits and catcalls

L[A]ike a fifteen [G]year old kid

W[D]ears a va[Bm]mpire kiss

I[G]f you don't know what is wrong with me

T[A]hen you don't know what you've missed

We are arms and legs
Wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out
And the air turned blue from fright
But in shameless moments
You made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness
Says "What do you suggest?"

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