{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":667916,"song":"Education","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/667916-education-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/667916?type=chord","rating":0.05503,"votes":0,"content":"Education\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] *2   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn a deep dark jungle long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch] \r\nLived a lonesome caveman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was a solitary soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he spent his playtime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nChewing meat from bones.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nHe didn't know how to talk much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nHe only knew how to groan[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLet out a yell and no one replied.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrustration and torment tore him inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]  \r\nThen he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut then education saved the day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe learned to speak and communicate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEducation saved the day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe thanked God for the friends he made.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cos everybody needs an education[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverybody needs an education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBlack skin, red skin, yellow or white,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverybody needs to read and write[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverybody needs an education.[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] *2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThank the day when that primitive man[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nLearned to talk with his brothers And live off the land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe left his cave and he moved far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nHe learned to think and to work with his brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe wrote it down on a rock that he found[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd he showed all his friends and they passed it around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then education came that day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day it came was a sacred day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEducation came that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe thanked God for the friends he'd made.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   \r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell man built a boat and he learned how to sail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he travelled far and wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he looked up above saw the stars in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo he learned how to fly.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThanks to all the mathematicians[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the inventors with their high I.Q.s[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the professors in their colleges[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to feed me knowledge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I know I'll never use.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThank you sir for the millions of words[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThat you've handed me down and you've told me to learn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nBut I've got words in my ears and my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI've got so many facts that I must memorize[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause education's doing me in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI want to stop but my head's in a swim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEducation drives me insane[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't recall all the facts on my brain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEducation came that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe day it came was a sacred day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEducation saved the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe thanked God for all the friends he made.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTeacher, teach me how to read and write,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can teach me about biology,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you can't tell me what I am living for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos that's still a mystery.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTeacher, teach me about nuclear physics[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd teach me about the structure of man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all your endless calculations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan't tell me why I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\nGuitar solo\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nNo you can't tell me why I am,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nNo you can't tell me why I am.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEverybody needs education,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOpen Universities, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery race every creed, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every little half-breed, education.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery nationality, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the little people need education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nEskimos and pygmies need[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd even aborigines, education.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell physics and geography, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPhilosophy and history, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nScience and biology, education,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGeometry and poetry, education.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, education, education, education, education[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n(Repeat 'education' till end)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAlbums this song can be found on:\r\n\r\n   *  Schoolboys In Disgrace","plain_text":"Education\n\n\nIntro:Bb F C Gm *2   C  F  C  F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Bb F C Gm *2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  G  C  G  C  G  C  G   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  G  C  G \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuitar solo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlbums this song can be found on:\n\n   *  Schoolboys In Disgrace","chords":["Bb","F","C","Gm","Dm","Em","D","Am","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}