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