Poses — Rufus Wainwright
Chords and lyrics for Poses by Rufus Wainwright (key of F#).
Verse 1
This by no means is a perfect tab, but I think this is good enough for now
and may make
later. I'm not sure how manageable the chords are for guitarist since I'm a
pianist, but
explain some of the chords in an attempt to rationalize my choices:
//Roman Numerals in Parenthesis to make it a bit easier to transpose.//
//'m' indicates minor, 'o' indicates fully diminished, 'om' indicates half
diminished.//
//!# indicates an explanation at the bottom.//
//Feel free to email (bottom) me if you have questions.//
//Hopefully I'm not being too patronizing.//
Chords:
Verse
Db (I)
The yellow walls are lined with portraits
Gbadd2 (IVadd2)
And I've got my new red fetching leather jacket
[Bb7]All these poses such beautiful poses
[Ab9]Makes any boy feel like picking up roses
[Db]There's never been such grave a matter
As [Gbadd2]comparing our new brand name black sunglasses
[Bb7]All these poses such beautiful poses
[Ab9]Makes any boy feel as pretty as princes
Bridge
[Ebmadd2]The green autumnal parks conducting
And the [B7add6]city streets a wondrous chorus singing
[Bb7]All these poses oh how can you blame me
[Ab9]Life is a game and true love is a trophy
Chorus
And [Db]you [Ab]said
[Db]Watch my [Ab7/Gb]head about [Bb/F]it
Baby [Ab]you said [Db]watch my [Ab7/Gb]head about [Bb/F]it
[Ab]My head about it
[Db]Oh no oh no oh no
[Ab]Oh no oh no no [Db]kidding
Verse 2
(same as verse 1)
Reclined amongst these packs of reasons
For to smokes the days away into the evenings
All these poses of classical torture
Ruined my mind like a snake in the orchard
I did go from wanting to be someone now
I'm drunk and wearing flip - flops on Fifth Avenue
Once you've fallen from classical virtue
Won't have a soul for to wake up and hold you
Bridge
(same as first)
In the green autumnal parks conducting
All the city streets a wondrous chorus
Singing all these poses now no longer boyish
Made me a man ah but who cares what that it
Chorus
(same as first)
And you said watch my head about it
Baby you said watch my head about it
My head about it
Oh no oh no oh no
Oh no oh no well you said
Watch my head about it
Baby you said watch my head about it
My head about it
Oh no oh no oh no
Oh no oh no no kidding !3
!1. I'm not entirely sure how to explain this. The notes I hear are Ab, B,
Db, D, and F.
on the piano, I hear this:
Left Hand:
Rhythm: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Right [Db][F]Hand:[Ab][F][Ab]
Rhythm: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I would [F][B]explain [Ab]this [D]as a #vio7 [B][Ab]overlapping the I to create tension.
!2. The chorus chords aren't completely correct, but they more or less
work. It's mainly
IV, V chords as the bass note steps up the scale for each new chord.
!3. The final chord sounds like a suspension from Gbm/Db to Db major, seems
to work as a
cadence.
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