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School by Supertramp
School
Verse 1
Am
I can see you in the morning
Em
When you go to school
G
Don't forget our books,
Dm
You know you've got to learn the golden rule.
Am
Teacher tells tou Stop your play and go on with your work,
G
And be like Johnnie Toogood.
F Am D Am G Am D Am G
Don't you know he never shrinks, he's coming along
Verse 2 - same chords (except for last line)
After school is over
You're playing in the dark,
Don't be out too late
Don't let it get too dark.
They tell you not to hang around
And learn what life's about
And grow up just like them,
Won't let you work it out
C E
And you're full of doubt
E Am
Don't do this and don't do that
Am
What are they tryin' to do ?
Dm
Make a good boy of you,
C Dm E
Do they know where it's at?
E Am
Don't criticise they're old and wise
Do as they tell you to,
Dm
Don't want the devil to,
C Dm E A B E E A B E
Come and pull out your eyes___________.
Verse 3 - Same chords as before
Maybe I'm mistaken
Expecting you to fight
Or maybe I'm just crazy
I don't know wrong from right. But while I'm still living
I've just got this to say
It's always up to you, if you want to be that,
F C E
Want to see that, want to see it that way.
Am
You're coming along
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version 2
INTRO:
(Harmonica ad lib)
VERSE 1:
(Vintage Electric Piano +E Guitar)
Am Em
I can see you in the morning when you go to school.
G Dm
Don't forget your books, you know you've got to learn the golden rule.
(+Clarinet)
Am Em
Teacher tells you stop your play and get on with your work,
G Dm
And be like Johnny Toogood. Don't you know he never shirks.
He's coming along.
BRIDGE 1:
(EP, Freely, Very slow lead-in)
Am D/A Am G/A Am D/A Am G/A
VERSE 2:
(EP +Bass +Drums)
Am Em/A
After school is over, you're playing in the park.
G/A Dm/A F/A
Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark.
Am Em/A
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about.
G/A Dm/A F/A
And grow up just like them, won't let you work it out.
C E
And you're full of doubt.
BRIDGE 2:
(EP +Light Drums)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
(+Clarinet +E Guitar)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
(+Xylophone)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
(+Bass)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
(+Heavy Bass)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
(+Drum Cresc.)
|Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |Am7+11 |D7+6+9/A |
INSTRUMENTAL:
(Piano solo +Bass +E Guitar +Drums)
|Am |Em |Em7 |Dm |Am |Em |Em7 |Dm |
|Am |G |G |F |Am |G |G |F |
|Am |G |G |Dm |Am |G |G |Dm |
|Am |Em |Em7 |Dm |Am |Em |Em7 |Dm |
(+Flute +Recorder)
|Am |Em |G |Dm |Am |Em |G |Dm |
|Am |Em |G |Dm |Am |G |G |F |
CHORUS:
(Sax +Bass +E Guitar +Drums)
E Am
Don't do this, and don't do that.
Am
What are they tryin' to do?
D/A
Make a good boy of you.
Am D E
Do they know where it's at?
E Am
Don't criticise, they're old and wise.
Am
Do as they tell you to.
D/A
Don't want the devil to
Am D E
Come and pull out your eyes.
|A |B E |E A |B E |
VERSE 3:
(EP +Bass +Drums)
Am Em/A
Maybe I'm mistaken, expecting you to fight.
G/A Dm/A F/A
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right.
Am Em/A
But while I'm still living, I've just got this to say.
G/A Am
It's always up to you, if you wanna be that,
F/A C E
Wanna see that, wanna see it that way.
Am7+9 (Hold to finish)
You're coming along.
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version 3
Notes:
-Tuning: Standard
-key of A minor
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-chord forms for verses: Am Em G Dm
E -8---|-7-|-7-|-5-|
B -10--|-8-|-8-|-6-|
G -9---|-9-|-7-|-7-|
INTRO:
(opens with harmonica part)
(guitar fades in)
G Dm
E ---------------10--|-------------------|-----------5--|--------------|
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
G -----12-----12-----|-----12-----12-----|----7----7----|----7----7----|
D -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
A -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
E -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
1ST VERSE:
Am Em
E -8------8----------|-8=-----8=-----8---|-----------7--|--------------|
B ---10--------10----|-----10-----10-----|-8=---8=------|-8=---8-------|
G ------9------------|-------------------|----9----9----|----9----9----|
D -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
A -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
E -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
I can see you in the morning when you go to school
G Dm
E ---------------10--|-------------------|-----------5--|--------------|
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
G -----12-----12-----|-----12-----12-----|----7----7----|----7----7----|
D -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
A -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
E -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
Don't forget your books,you know you've
got to learn the Golden Rule
Am Em
E -8------8----------|-8=-----8=-----8---|-----------7--|--------------|
B ---10--------10----|-----10-----10-----|-8=---8=------|-8=---8-------|
G ------9------------|-------------------|----9----9----|----9----9----|
D -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
A -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
E -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
Teacher tells you stop your play and get
on with your work
G Dm
E ---------------10--|-------------------|-----------5--|--------------|
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
G -----12-----12-----|-----12-----12-----|----7----7----|----7----7----|
D -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
A -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
E -------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------------|
And be like Johnnie-too-good, don't you know he never shirks,He's coming
(Timing note: there's a pause between each measure in the double staff below)
(I'm not sure of these following 4 measures re: tab accuracy)
E|-------------2--|----------------|--------------2--|-----------------|
B|------1------3--|------1------3--|------1-------3--|------1-------3--|
G|-0h2-----2---2--|-0h2-----2---2--|-0h2----2---2-2--|-0h2-----2--2-2--|
D|-------------0--|-------------0--|--------------0--|--------------0--|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gt|1 |
| |
Gt|2 |
E|----------------|-8--8--8------7-|-----------------|-8--8--8--------7|
B|-8/10-10-10--10-|-10-10-10-10--8-|-8/10-10-10-10-10|-10-10-10-10-10-8|
G|-7/9--9--9---11-|-9--9--9--9---7-|-7/9--9--9--9--11|-9--9--9--9--9--7|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
along
2ND VERSE:
Am Em
After school is over, you're playing in the park
G Dm
Don't be out too late, don't let it get too dark
Am Em
They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
G Dm
And grow up just like them, won't let you work it out
C E
And you're full of doubt
Figure 1 -
E -------7---8=---|-10=------------|------------7=---|-8=--------------|
B -----8----------|--------8=------|-----8-10--------|--------7=-------|
G ---9------------|----------------|---9-------------|-----------------|Play
D -7--------------|----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| 2x
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Continue playing Figure 1 with all guitar parts up until the piano solo.
E --|-17~~--------|-------------15-|-----------------|-----------------|
B 17|-------------|----------17----|-17~~------------|-----------------|
G --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|---------17=^(19)|
D --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gt1 | |
| |
Gt2 | |
E --|-17~~--------|-------------19-|-----------------|-----------------|
B 17|-------------|----------20----|-20~~------------|---------19=^(20)|
G --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-r17~~----------|---------12^(14)|-r12~~-----------|------------5^(7)|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gt|1 |
| |
Gt|2 |
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-r19~~----------|---------13^(15)|-r13~~-----------|-----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------9^(12)|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-r5~~-----------|----------------|-4~~-------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gt|1 |
| |
Gt|2 |
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-r9~~-----------|----------------|-9~~-------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| |
| |
Gt|3 |
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-8h9-9-9=-9-9-9-|-8h9-9-9=-9-9-9-|-8h9-9-9=--9-9-9-|-8h9-9-9=--9-9-9-|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-8h10-10-10=--10-10-10-|-8h10-10-10=--10-10-10-|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------| Play 2x
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G -------2--------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|Play
D -----2----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 2x
A -0-3------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
pm------|
Gt1
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2--------|----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
D|-----2----------|----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A|-0-3------------|----------------|-0-3-------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|pm------| pm------| |Play
| | 2x
Gt|2 |
E|----------19=^sr|^sr-^sr-^sr-^sr-|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2--------|----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
D|-----2----------|----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A|-0-3------------|----------------|-0-3-------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
pm------| pm------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2--------|-2----2---------|-------2---------|-2---------------|
D|-----2----------|----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A|-0-3------------|----------------|-0-3-------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------12\-----|
pm------| pm------|
SOLO:
Extended piano solo - 48 measures
Chord accompaniment on acoustic guitar - each chord is 1 measure
Play chord progression 12x
Am Em G Dm (12x)
BRIDGE:
E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C5
Don't do this and don't do that
A5
What are they trying to do?
D5
Make a good boy of you
C5 D5 E5
Do they know where it's at?
E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C5
Don't criticize - they're old and wise
A5
Do what they tell you to
D5
Don't want the devil to
C5 D5 E
Come and put out your eyes
E D A B D E
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-17p16-17p16-----|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------17---|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------16~|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E D A B D E
E|----------------|----17p16----19~|===--------------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------17----|-----------------|-----------------|
G|===-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3RD VERSE:
Am Em
Maybe I'm mistaken expecting you to fight
G Dm
Or maybe I'm just crazy, I don't know wrong from right
Am Em
But while I'm still living, I've just got this to say
G Dm
It's always up to you if you want to be that
F
Want to see that
C E
Want to see it that way
You're coming along
Am
E|--------0------------------2-----|
B|-1----0---1-3---1-3----1-3-------|
G|-2--2---------0-----0------------|
D|-2-------------------------------| (Free time, let notes ring)
A|-0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
^...bend (s=semi-tone) \...slide down
r...release bend ~...vibrato
h...hammer on =...hold note
p...pull off pm..palm mute
/...slide up
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version 4
Intro (I can see you...) 0:47
¦----8--------8-------3-----3------7-10-7-------1----1----¦
¦-----10-10----10------5-----5------8--8-8-------1----1---¦
¦---9---9----9---9---4--4--4--4---7-------7----2--2-2--2--¦ (x2)
¦-10-------10-------5-----5------9---------9--3----3------¦
¦---------------------------------------------------------¦
¦---------------------------------------------------------¦
Intro 1:11
¦--------------------¦
¦-----5-7-------5-3--¦
¦----5--7------5--4--¦ (x2)
¦-5h7---7---5h7---5--¦
¦-------5------------¦
¦--------------------¦
Verse 1:45
¦-8--8--8--8--x-x-x-x------3-3-3-3-x-x-x-x------7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x------¦
¦-10-10-10-10-x-x-x-x-(x2)-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-(x2)-8-8-8-8-x-x-x-x-(x2)-¦
¦-9--9--9--9--x-x-x-x------4-4-4-4-x-x-x-x------7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x------¦
¦-10-10-10-10-x-x-x-x------5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x------9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x------¦
¦-------------x-x-x-x--------------x-x-x-x--------------x-x-x-x------¦
¦-------------x-x-x-x--------------x-x-x-x--------------x-x-x-x------¦
¦-1-1-1-1-x-x-x-x------¦ ¦-0--0-0--0---------------¦
¦-1-1-1-1-x-x-x-x-(x2)-¦ ¦-1--1-1--0-(Let it ring)-¦
¦-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-x------¦ (x2) ¦-0--0-0--1---------------¦
¦-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-x------¦ ¦-2--2-2--2---------------¦
¦---------x-x-x-x------¦ ¦-3--3-3--2---------------¦
¦---------x-x-x-x------¦ ¦---------0---------------¦
Solo 1 2:21
¦---17---------------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦-17------17-20-17---13b15-13---------------------9h10-10-10-10-10-10-10---¦
¦-------------------------------14\12--5b7r5---4---------------------------¦
¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
¦--------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
Interlude W/Keyboard 2:44
¦----7-8-10------------7-8-----¦
¦---8------8-8-----8h10---7-7--¦
¦--9--------------9------------¦
¦-7--------------7-------------¦
¦------------------------------¦
¦------------------------------¦
Piano Solo 3:16
Acoustic chords used
Am Em G F
(Dont do this...) 4:18
¦-----------------------------------¦
¦-----------------------------------¦
¦--------2-4-5----2-7---5-7-9--(x2)-¦
¦-2-4-6--2-4-5----2-7---5-7-9-------¦
¦-2-4-6--0-2-3----0-5---3-5-7-------¦
¦-0-2-4-----------------------------¦
Mini Solo 4:41
¦---17p16--19--17-16--19--¦
¦-17-----17---------17----¦
¦-------------------------¦
¦-------------------------¦
¦-------------------------¦
¦-------------------------¦
End verse 4:48 (Same as first verse)
Ending 5:19
¦-----0------------2--¦
¦----0-1-3-1-3-1-3-3--¦
¦-2-------0---0-------¦
¦-2-------------------¦
¦-0-------------------¦
¦---------------------¦
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version 5
By the way, the dots (".") means "and a half", so "9." means , in fact,
"9 1/2".
e|-----------------------|-----------------|
B|-6h7-8b(9-8-9.-8-9.-8)-|-6/7-8.b(9-8-9.)-|
G|-----------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-8-9.b(10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9)/8-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------|------------------------------|
B|-8-8-8-8/9-|-9/10-11.b(12-11-12-11)-11/10-|
G|-----------|------------------------------|
D|-----------|------------------------------|
A|-----------|------------------------------|
E|-----------|------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
B|-8/9-10.b(11-10-11-10)-9/8-8~-|-8/9b(10-9-10-9)-9-9b(9.-9-9.)-9-8~-||
G|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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