Out Of The Wardrobe

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 [intro]

 C  Csus  C/G  G  x2



[verse]

    C       Em         Am7          C/G
Has anybody here seen a chick called Dick?

   F          Am7            D
He looks real burly but he's really hip.

     G                                            C    Csus  C   Csus
He's six feet tall and his arms are all brown and hairy.

   C             Em            Am7
He married Betty Lou back in sixty-five,

C/G       F         Am7         D
 When you had to be butch to survive

    G                                                C   Csus   C  Csus
But lately he's been looking at his wife with mixed emotions.

         Am7                     D7
You see, he's not a common place closet queen.

   Am7                               G
He shouldn't be hidden, he should be seen.


[Refrain]

              F    Am7     D7              G          C
'Cos when he puts on that dress, he looks like a princess.


[verse]

    C           Em        Am7       C/G
The day he came out of the wardrobe,

      F       Am7        D
Betty Lou got quite a surprise.

           G                                               C   Csus  C  Csus
She didn't know whether she should get angry or not bat an eye.

    C               Em            Am7 C/G
She really couldn't call up her mama;

  F           Am7     D
Mama would positively die.

           G                                               C    Csus   C  Csus
Should she go or stay or should she try to get a trial separation?

         Am7                      D
You see, he's not a faggot as you might suppose.

        Am7                    G
He just feels restricted in conventional clothes.


[Refrain]

             F    Am7     D7              G          C
'Cos when he puts on that dress, he feels like a princess.


[Bridge]

C          G                             C
He's not a dandy, he's only living out a fantasy.

C          G                              C
He's not a pansy, he's only being what he wants to be.

        F           D7
Now his life is rearranged,

         C        Em7     Am7     C/G
And he's grateful for the change.

     F                        G               C   Csus   C
He's out of the wardrobe, and now he's got no regrets.


[verse]

      C          Em          Am7   C/G
Betty Lou didn't know what to do at first,

          F           Am7     D
But she's learning to cope at last.

G                                                                 C   Csus   C
She's got the best of both worlds, and she's really in a state of elation.

    C       Em           Am7         C/G
She says it helps their relationship.

           F            Am7       D
She says a change is as good as a rest.

          G                                             C   Csus  C  Csus
And their friends finally coming 'round to their way of thinking.

Am7                        D7
She wears the trousers and smokes the pipe.

    Am7           G
And he washes up; she helps him wipe.

[Refrain]

             F    Am7     D7              G          C
'Cos when he puts on that dress, he looks like a princess.


[outro]

 G                                             C
He's out of the wardrobe and he's feeling all right.

 G                                         C
He's out of the wardrobe and he's feeling satisfied.

         F               D7
Now it's farewell to the past,

    C        Em7    Am7   C/G
The secret's out at last.

     F                        G                 C
He's out of the wardrobe, and now he's got no regrets.