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