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