School Lyrics

SCHOOL - Supertramp
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: December 6, 2005
-Tuning: Standard
-key of A minor
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-chord forms for verses: Am Em G Dm
INTRO:
(opens with harmonica part)
(guitar fades in)
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
1ST VERSE:
E -8------8----------|-8=-----8=-----8---|-----------7--|--------------|
B ---10--------10----|-----10-----10-----|-8=---8=------|-8=---8-------|
I can see you in the morning when you go to school
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
Don't forget your books,you know you've
got to learn the Golden Rule
E -8------8----------|-8=-----8=-----8---|-----------7--|--------------|
B ---10--------10----|-----10-----10-----|-8=---8=------|-8=---8-------|
Teacher tells you stop your play and get
on with your work
B -12=----12=--------|-12=----12=----12--|-6=---6=------|-6=---6-------|
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)
Gt|1 |
Gt|2 |
along
2ND VERSE:
After school is over, you're playing in the park
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
And you're full of doubt
Figure 1 -
E -------7---8=---|-10=------------|------------7=---|-8=--------------|
B -----8----------|--------8=------|-----8-10--------|--------7=-------|
G ---9------------|----------------|---9-------------|-----------------|Play
Continue playing Figure 1 with all guitar parts up until the piano solo.
E --|-17~~--------|-------------15-|-----------------|-----------------|
B 17|-------------|----------17----|-17~~------------|-----------------|
G --|-------------|----------------|-----------------|---------17=^(19)|
Gt1 | |
Gt2 | |
E --|-17~~--------|-------------19-|-----------------|-----------------|
B 17|-------------|----------20----|-20~~------------|---------19=^(20)|
Gt|1 |
Gt|2 |
Gt|1 |
Gt|2 |
Gt|3 |
G -------2--------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|Play
pm------|
Gt1
|pm------| pm------| |Play
Gt|2 |
pm------| pm------|
pm------| pm------|
SOLO:
Extended piano solo - 48 measures
Chord accompaniment on acoustic guitar - each chord is 1 measure
Play chord progression 12x
BRIDGE:
Don't do this and don't do that
What are they trying to do?
Make a good boy of you
Do they know where it's at?
Don't criticize - they're old and wise
Do what they tell you to
Don't want the devil to
Come and put out your eyes
3RD VERSE:
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
Want to see that
Want to see it that way
You're coming along
^...bend (s=semi-tone) \...slide down
r...release bend ~...vibrato
h...hammer on =...hold note
p...pull off pm..palm mute
/...slide up
(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)