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