Matinee Idol Chords by Rufus Wainwright

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[Bbm] This is the [F] day, [Bbm] the day of [F] the death _ [Bb] of [Bbm] the mass.
And [Abm] they [Ebm] idle _ _ still, so _ [Bbm]
beautiful _ _ _ as the _ [Ebm]
angels [Bbm] as the angels came [F] down from on [Bbm] high.
[F] _ [Bbm] The sweet Jesus, [F] so soft, so [Bbm] shy, men she [F] dathed so [Bb] young was [Bbm] the mass.
And [Ebm] they _ idle, _ _ lips of _ [Bbm] crimson, _ _ _ [Bb] slide ye [Ebm] open [Bbm] as the flashing [Gb] stars [F] of fame poured [Bbm] to rest.
[F] [Gb] While, while on that wall, though [Ab] it is not from the [Ebm] _ [Db]
academy,
_ [Gb] While, while on [Ab] that wall, from this moment on [Db] you'll cease to be the undying [F] _
love of the [Bbm] public.
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[Ebm] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] So goes [F] one more, [Bbm] away [F] from the maze, [Bb] away for [Bbm] tea, sit at [Ebm] the _ table _ _ of the [Bbm] fable.
_ Far _ [Bb] from [Gb] this world, [Bbm] while standing on _ [F] the [Bbm] boulevard. _
[F] _ [Gb] While, while on that wall, [Ab] though it is not from the _ [Db] _
[Gb] academy,
_ While, while on that wall, [Ab] from this moment on [Bb] you'll cease to be.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Whomever has [Dbm] looked [Bb] at, looked at beauty [Ebm] _
is mocked down, is mocked [Ab] down already _ [Bbm] by _ [F] _ [Ebm] death.
Whomever [Ab] _ _ has [Bb] looked at, looked at beauty [Ebm] _ _ is [Gb] mocked down, is mocked down [Ab] _ [Gb] already [Ebm] _ [Bbm] by [Eb] _
_ [Bbm] [F] death.
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_ _ _ _ Still so [Bbm] beautiful _ _ _ as [Bb] the [Ebm] angels, as [Bbm] the angels [Gb] came _ [F] down from [Bbm] on high. _ _ _ _ _ _
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