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