Education
Intro:Bb F C Gm *2 C F C F
C F C F
In a deep dark jungle long time ago
C F
Lived a lonesome caveman
Dm Gm Em
He was a solitary soul
C F
And he spent his playtime
C F
Chewing meat from bones.
C F
He didn't know how to talk much
C F
He only knew how to groan
Bb F
Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky
C Gm
Let out a yell and no one replied.
Bb F
Frustration and torment tore him inside
C Gm C Gm
Then he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried.
D C
But then education saved the day.
Am G
He learned to speak and communicate
D C
Education saved the day.
Am G
He thanked God for the friends he made.
C F
'Cos everybody needs an education
C F
Everybody needs an education.
Dm Gm Em
Black skin, red skin, yellow or white,
C F
Everybody needs to read and write
C F
Everybody needs an education.
Bb F C Gm *2
Bb F
Thank the day when that primitive man
C Gm
Learned to talk with his brothers And live off the land.
Bb F
He left his cave and he moved far away
C Gm
And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made
Bb F
He learned to think and to work with his brain
C Gm
And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained
Bb F
He wrote it down on a rock that he found
C Gm C Gm
And he showed all his friends and they passed it around
D C
And then education came that day.
Am G
The day it came was a sacred day.
D C
Education came that day
Am G
He thanked God for the friends he'd made.
C G C G C G C G
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C G
Well man built a boat and he learned how to sail
C G
And he travelled far and wide
C G
Then he looked up above saw the stars in the sky
A C
So he learned how to fly.
C G
Thanks to all the mathematicians
C G
And the inventors with their high I.Q.s
C
And the professors in their colleges
G
Trying to feed me knowledge
A C
That I know I'll never use.
Bb F
Thank you sir for the millions of words
C Gm
That you've handed me down and you've told me to learn
Bb F
But I've got words in my ears and my eyes
C Gm C Gm
I've got so many facts that I must memorize
D C
Because education's doing me in
Am G
I want to stop but my head's in a swim
D C
Education drives me insane
Am G
I can't recall all the facts on my brain.
D C
Education came that day
Am G
The day it came was a sacred day
D C
Education saved the day
Am G
He thanked God for all the friends he made.
C G C G
C G
Teacher, teach me how to read and write,
C G
You can teach me about biology,
C G
But you can't tell me what I am living for
C G
'Cos that's still a mystery.
C G
Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics
C G
And teach me about the structure of man,
C G
But all your endless calculations
C G
Can't tell me why I am.
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C Bb Gm C Bb Gm
No you can't tell me why I am,
C Bb Gm C Bm Gm
No you can't tell me why I am.
C F
Everybody needs education,
C F
Open Universities, education.
C F
Every race every creed, education.
C F F F F
And every little half-breed, education.
C F
Every nationality, education.
C F
All the little people need education.
Dm Gm Em
Eskimos and pygmies need
C F
And even aborigines, education.
C F
Well physics and geography, education.
C F
Philosophy and history, education.
C F
Science and biology, education,
C F
Geometry and poetry, education.
C F C F C F
Well, education, education, education, education
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(Repeat 'education' till end)
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* Schoolboys In Disgrace
