Rufus Wainwright - Gay Messiah Chords & Tabs

    ____________________
   / Rufus Wainwright  /  I think this song is a humorous response to the hype
  / Gay Messiah       /  of Rufus, where medias promoted him as the new Gay
 / Want Two          /  Messiah that would take over the title after his good
/___________________/  friend Elton John. Note how explicit his lyrics are in
                      the bridge! "I never jumped out of the closet, I was born
                     in the living room" - Rufus Wainwright
Time: 6/8
Key: G major
Tuning: Standard
Strumming pattern:
  E   S S S S E   S S S S
  /   / / / / /   / / / /
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + |



 Intro:
  Cmaj7 C       Cadd9 C       Cmaj7 Cadd9   G     Gadd11
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
|-0-----1-----|-3-----1-----|-0-----3-----|-3-----1-----|
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|
|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|



 Verse:
2x Intro

" He will then be reborn
  From 1970's porn
  Wearing tube socks with style
  And such an innocent smile "



 Chorus:
  B7    C7      G             B7    C7      G
|-2-----3-----|-3-----------|-2-----3-----|-3-----------|
|-4-----5-----|-3-----------|-4-----5-----|-3-----------|
|-2-----3-----|-0-----------|-2-----3-----|-0-----------|
|-4-----5-----|-0-----------|-4-----5-----|-0-----------|
|-2-----3-----|-2-----------|-2-----3-----|-2-----------|
|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rufus_wainwright/gay_messiah_crd.html ]
  Em    Baug    Em7   A       Am    D7      G   G7*
|-0-----------|-------------|-0-----2-----|-3---(1)-----|
|-0-----0-----|-0-----2-----|-1-----1-----|-3---(0)-----|
|-0-----0-----|-0-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-0---(0)-----|
|-2-----1-----|-0-----2-----|-2-----0-----|-0---(0)-----|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----0-----|-0-----------|-2---(2)-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3---(3)-----|

" Better pray for your sins
  Better pray for your sins
  'Cause the gay messiah's coming "



 Verse:
2x Intro

" He will fall from the star
  Studio 54
  And appear on the sand
  Of Fire Island's shore "



 Chorus:
similar to previous, but end on the G7* instead of
the G, in order to lead the song further to the Bridge



 Bridge:
    Cadd9 C       Cmaj7 Cadd9   G     Gadd11  A9    A7     A7sus4 A7
||--0-----0-----|-0-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
||o-3-----1-----|-0-----3-----|-3-----1-----|-0-----2-----|-3-----2-----|
||--0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
||--2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
||o-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
||--------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|


 1.                                          2.
  C7            G             G7              C7            C7    G7
|-0-----------|-3-----------|-1------------||-0-----------|-0-----1-----|
|-1-----------|-3-----------|-0-----------o||-1-----------|-1-----0-----|
|-3-----------|-0-----------|-0------------||-3-----------|-3-----0-----|
|-2-----------|-0-----------|-0------------||-2-----------|-2-----0-----|
|-3-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------o||-3-----------|-3-----2-----|
|-------------|-3-----------|-3------------||-------------|-------3-----|

" No it will not be me
  Rufus the Baptist I be
  No I won't be the one
  Baptized in cum

  What will happen instead
  Someone will demand my head
  And then I will kneel down
  And give it to them looking down "



 Interlude:
2x Intro



 Chorus:
just end on a straight G here


- 19th /February /08
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