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RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "The Art Teacher"
tabbed by Rollo, rollosb@hotmail.com
This song is a wonderful and blissful touch to a magnificent album from an artist
that's undoubtedly one of the most creative, sincere and well-sounding artists since
God-knows-when. Do it justice!
Ebm Bb
There I was in uniform
E Eb7sus4 Eb7
Looking at the art---- teacher.
B Gb
I was just a girl then;
B A Abm Gb
Never have I loved since then.
Ebm Bb
He was not that much older than I was
E Eb7sus4 Eb7
He had taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum
B Gb
He asked us what our favorite work of art was,
B A Abm Gb
But never could I tell him it was-- him.
B
Oh, I wish I could tell him --
Gb
Oh, I wish I could have told him.
Ebm Bb
I looked at the Reubens and Rembrandts
E Eb7sus4 Eb7 B
I liked the John Singer Sergeants
Gb
He told me he liked Turner
B A Abm Gb
Never have I turned since then
B Gb
No, never have I turned to any other man.
[French horn solo, following verse structure]
Ebm Abm7
All this having been said,
Bb7 B Bb A Abm
I married an executive company head.
B Ab Bm/F# Bm/E Bm/D Bm/Db Bm Gb*
All this having been done, a Tur---ner------------ I- own one.
Ebm Bb E
Here I am in this uniform, this pantsuit sort of thing,
Eb7sus4 Eb7 B
Thinking of the art--- teacher.
Gb
I was just a girl then;
B A Abm Gb
Never have I loved since then.
B Gb
No, never have I loved any other man.
[ends on a high Gb chord]
* This is actually played as a D-Db-Bb-Gb sequence occurring two times fast, one time
slow.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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#1 by Fig at Jul 21, 1973 at 1:12 AM EST |
| I was highly amused the first the first time I heard this in hearing him sing "I was just a girl then." But this is definately one of my favorite songs by him. | |
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Andrew Wanna Be |
#2 by Andrew Long at Dec 12, 1978 at 7:56 AM EST |
| He also actually performed this song for that (straight) art teacher who was so popular with his female students. Apparently, the song went way over the teacher's head. He didn't understand it. | |
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#3 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Jan 4, 1979 at 2:56 AM EST |
| "He asked us what our favorite work of art was, But never could I tell it was him" I love that, it just so perfectly illustrates how we think when we're so in love with a person. And i think the end of the song is saying that no love she has now can ever compare to that pure kind of innocent love she had at that age because it was her first love, her discovery. | |
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Vinny Average |
#4 by Vinny Spano at Mar 25, 1982 at 9:04 AM EST |
| What a beautiful, sad song...so retrospective and filled with longing. Also really nice to listen to--this guy has so much talent with his voice. Doesn't he come from a musically inclined family--like opera singers and such? I think his sister sings backup on this album, too. I also heard the story about Rufus running into this "cute" guy at the gym who happened to be an art teacher who had a female student with a crush on him. Rufus also said that he himself had a crush on this straight art teacher/gym buddy. And from that, he wrote this song. | |
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Trey Average |
#5 by Trey Davis at Jan 25, 1985 at 7:56 AM EST |
| I heard this song is from a womens point of view.Like one of the "Art Teacher"'s former female students. I'd rather like to think it's from Rufus's point of view,but it doesnt matter.Genius is genius! | |
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zach Wanna Be |
#6 by zach miles at Feb 10, 1995 at 4:14 PM EST |
| And I am that Art Teacher. haha no. On a more serious note, one of the most brilliant retrospective, saddening songs I have heard in all my years. | |
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bradley Wanna Be |
#7 by bradley goodman at Jul 9, 2003 at 9:49 AM EST |
| search for this song when rufus played it at "john harms" (whatever that is). he makes a really funny introduction about this art teacher he met at the gym, who told him details about some stories envolving the girl from the girl school he was teaching... it's really funny and you'll love the lyrics even more after hearing the story. | |
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Indy Lead Player |
#8 by Indy Windrose at May 24, 2004 at 6:04 AM EST |
| Oh and this song, along with the Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son" are proof that horns don't always have to be big and brassy. | |
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kostas Rhythm Player |
#9 by kostas kouveliotis at Oct 3, 2007 at 6:20 AM EST |
| This is such a beautiful song | |
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Klint Average |
#10 by Klint flowers at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:01 PM EST |
| Beautiful. About a one true love. They've never moved on, although they pretend to. "Never have I loved since then..." | |
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Zack Wanna Be |
#11 by Zack Volm at Oct 7, 2007 at 8:42 PM EST |
| I really love this song, and thought for a long time that it was really sad. I'm not so sure anymore. I mean really-you never got over the teenage crush you had on a teacher? | |
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Brian Average |
#12 by Brian Dempsey at Oct 11, 2007 at 3:16 PM EST |
| This is actually my favorite song on Want Two. Such a great song. | |
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jordan Porreca Lead Player |
#13 by jordan Porreca porreca at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:41 AM EST |
| This song is so depressing, it's amusing that it came from such a lighthearted song. The piano makes it so mesmerizing. | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#14 by Jon Shuffler at Oct 13, 2007 at 5:06 AM EST |
| Didn't understand it?! ...I totally relate. :( | |
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