C/G   332010


 [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.