Elvis Costello

Ill Wear It Proudly

Elvis Costello


Tom: D

  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

Organ (2 times)
E|--5--3--2-----------5--3----2--------------------------------------|
B|-----------5--3----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

  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