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As an artist I feel that I've always had to create my own identity amongst the art form that I've chosen,
I'm a man dressed as a woman.
Show me what you're [Bb] feeling, [A] and then if I [C] have anything,
something, I'm not sure.
[G] Sometimes I have to ask myself, what is [C] the purpose?
to me was using [Gm] myself as my own canvas,
as [Cm] Curtis,
of my gender,
I'm a man dressed as a woman.
Show me what you're [Bb] feeling, [A] and then if I [C] have anything,
something, I'm not sure.
[G] Sometimes I have to ask myself, what is [C] the purpose?
to me was using [Gm] myself as my own canvas,
as [Cm] Curtis,
of my gender,
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As an artist I feel that I've always had to create my own identity _ amongst the art form that I've chosen,
because I'm a man dressed as a woman.
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ Show me what you're [Bb] feeling, [A] and then if I [C] have anything,
and we can also work, customize something, I'm not sure.
[B] But I mean, I want [Eb] to see where you're going with it.
[Dm] _
_ [G] Sometimes I have to ask myself, what is [C] the purpose?
_ And that to me was using [Gm] myself as my own canvas,
using Miss Fame as my vessel, as [Cm] Curtis,
and [Gm] that to me is a beauty with no [F] boundary, regardless of my gender,
and [Cm] blurring all the lines around that.
Showing up in France and [D] having _ [G] _ my husband's flight miss,
[G] he had brought the dress, but so many things were turbulent,
like even arriving I was like, oh my god, is everything going to come together?
Look, I have one dress that I thought of you straight away, it's a Zac Posen dress, it's black.
_ It's really amazing.
I [Fm] come from nothing, and being able to walk into a situation where
[G] people have told me I'm elegant and refined and [C] chic,
when I don't have that as my [D] background, it wasn't a part of [Cm] my upbringing growing up on a farm.
_ It gives me the dimension [G] of life experience [Gm] meeting [Cm] my heart's desire.
That's beautiful.
[C] It's perfect.
It's like right off the bat, I'm like, this makes me feel [Gm] happy.
Like, look at that, it's just perfect.
[Cm] It really made me feel like this is a moment for you,
this is a moment, we're going to make [Ab] history, we're going to do this, it's different,
and we want you to feel [Cm] comfortable and prepared.
Come on, let's do it.
Where's that torso?
[C] Yeah.
Walk it till it closes.
[C] Up the top of your_ Yeah. Seriously?
Oh yeah, it'll [Db] close.
Okay.
[G] It'll look way better when it [Cm] closes.
_ When Lori [Ab] Alford contacted me regarding Cannes,
[Cm] I didn't know that it was going to really happen.
A lot of [Fm] opportunities that have, you know, in the industry,
you'll hear something [Gm] and you want to wait [Ab] until everything's solid [C] and concrete.
So I was pretty light-hearted about it and just waiting [G] for the official statement.
[Am] So I'll be a full woman on the red carpet.
Like, stunning.
[F] No beard. _
I was going to do it [C] today and then my dress didn't show up until last night.
This is my incredible [G] team.
Hi team.
It's so nice to meet you.
I have an [Am] amazing question for you.
Do we have a 42 shirt?
Yes, we do.
_ [F] 42, 43.
[C] I have no 42s here.
She goes three pairs.
Thank God for Karlie Kloss.
The whole time I'm like, this is [Dm] like, is there going to be a moment?
Like, _ _ [F] is this a real red carpet or am I [C] getting a step on repeat?
Like, I kept having to [G] not say things because the questions were running in my head of
[Dm] _ I'm so used to not being respected at that level.
[F] When you're a man dressed as a woman, [C] people expect you to be a comedian.
They [G] expect, they have expectations of what you are because of what is [Am] industry standard to say.
[C] I feel like I blur the lines of what drag can be because my [F] drag is [Am] unique.
_ _ [C] Even though [F] my physical body was there and the actions were happening,
it was [Am] like I was living in a dream.
I [G] couldn't comprehend it because it [F] was a first of its kind.
[Am] It was like, oh my God, Miss Fame, the drag [F] queen, is happening to be a part of this experience that's never been done before.
[Am] _ How was [Gm] that noise?
That was a corset [G] popping. _
[F] That bottom bone is open now.
Do you want [C] me to get it from the bottom?
Yeah.
I have to get my [G] hands in.
Don't touch it.
Don't touch it.
[E] It's fine.
Oh, we look like hell.
Oh [C] my gosh, it's doing it.
She'll do anything.
She doesn't care.
[Am] If she can get [G] a feel, she'll do it.
I need [Db] tips.
If it does, if she [F] does anything inappropriate, you will tell me.
[A] I will tell a [C] soul.
The dress looked immaculate.
[F] The team really worked it out.
So grateful for that.
L'Oreal [Am] and the styling team and [G] everybody was just so present.
_ [F] Once the dress went on, [Am] walking through the halls before [C] departure, everything was just [F] magical.
The photos and the video and the [Am] words around the room and the feedback was just [G] so well received.
I was so, so, so [F] grateful.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] Breathe.
_ _ [F] It was really hard to breathe.
It [G] was profound.
It was one of these moments where I didn't [Am] realize it and then it was happening and then [F] I was trying to take moments to [C] really let it sink in.
I [Am] didn't realize it until [G] the car pulled up [A] and I was like, oh my God, this is [F] official.
This is actually happening.
Everything I've ever [Bb] wanted could possibly come [D] true.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ It's a moment.
It's capturing a [F] feeling.
And that to me is, it says a [Bb] lot more than words could ever say.
[Dm] There's like a sense of gratification [D] just to be told you're enough at that [F] level.
And I felt it.
But it [Bb] also gave me a sense of purpose.
Now that I've achieved [D] this _ goal where I'm getting these validations, I [F] really wanted to take it to another level where I can [Bbm] actually have a message of impact.
That's why [D] the words that support my visual _ [Bb] have so much passion behind them.
I felt gorgeous.
I looked expensive as all hell.
Yes.
That Zak Posen dress was beyond.
_ And I was getting a lot of cat [F] calls on that red [B] carpet.
I [C] could hear it.
I could sense it and see it.
You could smell it.
[A] I could smell it.
I could almost taste it.
All five scented.
[Dm] How many senses do we have?
[F] This is the beginning of a very new chapter.
[Bb] _ Making this impact [Dm] in Cannes.
I feel like it's just opened up doors that [F]
are very fresh doors that have [Bb] never, they're a brand new door on the house.
[Dm] And I'm getting to walk through this new experience, this new environment.
And leaving footprints that have not been left before.
[F] So I'm excited. Thank you.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _
because I'm a man dressed as a woman.
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ Show me what you're [Bb] feeling, [A] and then if I [C] have anything,
and we can also work, customize something, I'm not sure.
[B] But I mean, I want [Eb] to see where you're going with it.
[Dm] _
_ [G] Sometimes I have to ask myself, what is [C] the purpose?
_ And that to me was using [Gm] myself as my own canvas,
using Miss Fame as my vessel, as [Cm] Curtis,
and [Gm] that to me is a beauty with no [F] boundary, regardless of my gender,
and [Cm] blurring all the lines around that.
Showing up in France and [D] having _ [G] _ my husband's flight miss,
[G] he had brought the dress, but so many things were turbulent,
like even arriving I was like, oh my god, is everything going to come together?
Look, I have one dress that I thought of you straight away, it's a Zac Posen dress, it's black.
_ It's really amazing.
I [Fm] come from nothing, and being able to walk into a situation where
[G] people have told me I'm elegant and refined and [C] chic,
when I don't have that as my [D] background, it wasn't a part of [Cm] my upbringing growing up on a farm.
_ It gives me the dimension [G] of life experience [Gm] meeting [Cm] my heart's desire.
That's beautiful.
[C] It's perfect.
It's like right off the bat, I'm like, this makes me feel [Gm] happy.
Like, look at that, it's just perfect.
[Cm] It really made me feel like this is a moment for you,
this is a moment, we're going to make [Ab] history, we're going to do this, it's different,
and we want you to feel [Cm] comfortable and prepared.
Come on, let's do it.
Where's that torso?
[C] Yeah.
Walk it till it closes.
[C] Up the top of your_ Yeah. Seriously?
Oh yeah, it'll [Db] close.
Okay.
[G] It'll look way better when it [Cm] closes.
_ When Lori [Ab] Alford contacted me regarding Cannes,
[Cm] I didn't know that it was going to really happen.
A lot of [Fm] opportunities that have, you know, in the industry,
you'll hear something [Gm] and you want to wait [Ab] until everything's solid [C] and concrete.
So I was pretty light-hearted about it and just waiting [G] for the official statement.
[Am] So I'll be a full woman on the red carpet.
Like, stunning.
[F] No beard. _
I was going to do it [C] today and then my dress didn't show up until last night.
This is my incredible [G] team.
Hi team.
It's so nice to meet you.
I have an [Am] amazing question for you.
Do we have a 42 shirt?
Yes, we do.
_ [F] 42, 43.
[C] I have no 42s here.
She goes three pairs.
Thank God for Karlie Kloss.
The whole time I'm like, this is [Dm] like, is there going to be a moment?
Like, _ _ [F] is this a real red carpet or am I [C] getting a step on repeat?
Like, I kept having to [G] not say things because the questions were running in my head of
[Dm] _ I'm so used to not being respected at that level.
[F] When you're a man dressed as a woman, [C] people expect you to be a comedian.
They [G] expect, they have expectations of what you are because of what is [Am] industry standard to say.
[C] I feel like I blur the lines of what drag can be because my [F] drag is [Am] unique.
_ _ [C] Even though [F] my physical body was there and the actions were happening,
it was [Am] like I was living in a dream.
I [G] couldn't comprehend it because it [F] was a first of its kind.
[Am] It was like, oh my God, Miss Fame, the drag [F] queen, is happening to be a part of this experience that's never been done before.
[Am] _ How was [Gm] that noise?
That was a corset [G] popping. _
[F] That bottom bone is open now.
Do you want [C] me to get it from the bottom?
Yeah.
I have to get my [G] hands in.
Don't touch it.
Don't touch it.
[E] It's fine.
Oh, we look like hell.
Oh [C] my gosh, it's doing it.
She'll do anything.
She doesn't care.
[Am] If she can get [G] a feel, she'll do it.
I need [Db] tips.
If it does, if she [F] does anything inappropriate, you will tell me.
[A] I will tell a [C] soul.
The dress looked immaculate.
[F] The team really worked it out.
So grateful for that.
L'Oreal [Am] and the styling team and [G] everybody was just so present.
_ [F] Once the dress went on, [Am] walking through the halls before [C] departure, everything was just [F] magical.
The photos and the video and the [Am] words around the room and the feedback was just [G] so well received.
I was so, so, so [F] grateful.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] Breathe.
_ _ [F] It was really hard to breathe.
It [G] was profound.
It was one of these moments where I didn't [Am] realize it and then it was happening and then [F] I was trying to take moments to [C] really let it sink in.
I [Am] didn't realize it until [G] the car pulled up [A] and I was like, oh my God, this is [F] official.
This is actually happening.
Everything I've ever [Bb] wanted could possibly come [D] true.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ It's a moment.
It's capturing a [F] feeling.
And that to me is, it says a [Bb] lot more than words could ever say.
[Dm] There's like a sense of gratification [D] just to be told you're enough at that [F] level.
And I felt it.
But it [Bb] also gave me a sense of purpose.
Now that I've achieved [D] this _ goal where I'm getting these validations, I [F] really wanted to take it to another level where I can [Bbm] actually have a message of impact.
That's why [D] the words that support my visual _ [Bb] have so much passion behind them.
I felt gorgeous.
I looked expensive as all hell.
Yes.
That Zak Posen dress was beyond.
_ And I was getting a lot of cat [F] calls on that red [B] carpet.
I [C] could hear it.
I could sense it and see it.
You could smell it.
[A] I could smell it.
I could almost taste it.
All five scented.
[Dm] How many senses do we have?
[F] This is the beginning of a very new chapter.
[Bb] _ Making this impact [Dm] in Cannes.
I feel like it's just opened up doors that [F]
are very fresh doors that have [Bb] never, they're a brand new door on the house.
[Dm] And I'm getting to walk through this new experience, this new environment.
And leaving footprints that have not been left before.
[F] So I'm excited. Thank you.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [N] _