Biography:
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family.
His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed
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Other songs:
- Another Believer
- Capo 3
- Go Or Go Ahead
- Going To A Town
- Hallelujah
- La Complainte De La Butte
- La Complainte de la butte (Moulin rouge)
- Release The Stars
- Sonnet 29
- 1111
- A Bit Of You
- Across The Universe
- April Fools
- As In Happy
- Beautiful Child
- Betweeen My Legs
- California
- Candles
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chelsea Hotel No2
- Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk
- Crumb By Crumb
- Dinner At Eight
- Everybody Knows
- Foolish Love
- Gay Messiah
- Greek Song
- Harvester Of Hearts
- Hometown Waltz
- I Dont Know What It Is
- I Eat Dinner
- In My Arms
- Instant Pleasure
- Jericho
- Last Cup Of Coffee
- Maker Makes
- Me And Liza
- Not Ready To Love
- Oh What A World
- One Man Guy
- Only A Paper Moon
- Out Of The Game
- Peach Trees
- Perfect Man
- Poses
- Pretty Things
- Rebel Prince
- Respectable Dive
- Rules And Regulations
- Sally Ann
- Sanssouci
- Superman
- The Art Teacher
- The Dream
- The One You Love
- The Sword Of Damocles
- This Love Affair
- Tiergarten
- Vibrate
- Want
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/ 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-----------|
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
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/ 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-----------|
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
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" The past 11 years, I have generated +11 million views and +800 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support a contributor like me, check out the updated sheet on my own site:
www.playlikethegreats.com/guitartabs/gay-messiah-by-rufus-wainwright
Musical regards,
Maitinin
April, 2016 "
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