Intro
Bm A G D
[Verse 1]
Bm
I wasn't taught how to get a job
A
But I can remember dissecting a frog
G
I wasn't taught how to pay tax
D
But I know loads about Shakespeare's classics
Bm
I was never taught how to vote
A
They devoted that time to defining isotopes
G
I wasn't taught how to look after my health
D
But mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
[Verse 2]
Bm
Never spent a lesson on current events
A
Instead I studied The Old American West
G
I was never taught what laws there are
D
I was never taught what laws there are
Bm A
Let me repeat—I was not taught the laws for the country I live in
But I know how Henry the VIII killed his women
G
Divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived
G
Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice
[Verse 3]
Bm
I was shown the wavelengths of different hues of light
A
But I was never taught my human rights
G
Apparently there's thirty, do you know them? I don't
D
Why the hell can't we both recite them by rote?
Bm
I know igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
A
Yet I don't know squat about trading stocks
G
Or how money works at all—where does it come from?
D
How does the thing that motivates the world function?
Bm
Not taught to budget and disperse my earnings
A
I was too busy there rehearsing cursive
G D
Didn't learn how much it costs to raise a kid or what an affidavit is
But I spent days on what the quadratic equation is:
Bm A
Negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared
Minus 4ac over 2a
G
That's insane, that's absolutely insane
D
They made me learn that over basic first aid
[Verse 4]
Bm
Or how to recognize the most deadly mental disorders
A
Or diseases with preventable causes
G
Or how to buy a house with a mortgage
D
If I could afford it 'cause abstract maths was deemed more important
Bm A
Than advice that would literally save thousands of lives
G D
But it's cool, 'cause now I could tell you if the number of unnecessary deaths caused by that choice was prime
Bm
Never taught present-day practical medicines
A
But I was told what the ancient Hippocratic method is
G
“I've got a headache, the pain is ceaseless
D
What should I take?”
Um... maybe try some leeches?
Bm
“Could we discuss domestic abuse and get the facts
A
Or how to help my depressed friend with their mental state?”
G
Um... no, but learn mental maths
D
Because “you won't have a calculator with you every day!”
Bm
They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem
A
Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!
G
All this advice about using a condom
D
But none for when you actually have a kid when you want one
Bm
I'm only fluent in this language, for serious?
A
The rest of the world speaks two, do you think I'm an idiot?
G
They chose the solar over the political system
D
So like a typical citizen now I don't know what I'm voting on
Bm
Which policies exist, or how to make them change
A
Mais oui, je parle un peu de Francais
G
So at 18, I was expected to elect a representative
D
For a system I had never ever ever been presented with
[Chorus]
Bm
But I won't take it
A
I'll tell everyone my childhood was wasted
G
I'll share it everywhere how I was “educated”
D Bm
And insist these pointless things don't stay in school
[Outro]
A G D
Bm A G C
- 1. Chord Gitar Boyinaband - Dont Stay In School Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Boyinaband - Dont Stay In School Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan