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