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