School Boy Heart

“School Boy Heart”
by Jimmy Buffett
from Banana Wind (1996)
Geeky Randy (C.S.) – FlickGeek@hotmail.com

NOTE: There are 14 different chords in this song; chord diagrams at the bottom.


[Intro]
E       Asus2  F#m7add11      B7sus4
E       C#m    F#m7 E/G# A  B7
E       Asus2  F#m7           B7sus4  B7
E       C#m    F#m7 E/G# A  B7

[Chorus]
          E                     Asus2 F#m7    B7sus4  B7
I got a school boy heart, a novelist  eye
E                  C#m   F#m7    E/G# A     B7
Stout sailor’s legs and a license to fly
E           Asus2        F#m7         B7sus4 B7
I came with nomad feet and some wandering toes
E           C#m                 F#m7 E/G# A  B7
That walk up my long board and hang off the nose

[Verse 1]
        G#m
I suppose
A9                              G#m7
The need to focus never arose
C#7                                     F#m
So something like a Swiss army knife
                B7
That’s my life
G#m             A9                             G#m7
Frankenstein had nothing on this body of mine
C#7                               F#m            D9(b5)
The villagers still flockin’ to see, to see me
           C7                   B7
Breaking free, breaking free

[Chorus 2]
  E                     Asus2 F#m7              B7sus4  B7
Cause I got a school boy heart, a novelist eye
E                  C#m   F#m7    E/G# A     B7
Stout sailor’s legs and a license to fly
          E               Asus2    F#m7          B7sus4  B7
I got a bartender’s ear and beachcomber’s style
   E        C#m            F#m7 E/G# A  B7
Piratical nerve and a Vaudevillian style

[Link]
E       Asus2  F#m7         B7sus4  B7
I       Oo
E       C#m    F#m7 E/G# A  B7
I       yi  yi  yi  yi  yi

[Verse 2]
      G#m
I suspect
A9                             G#m7
I died in some cosmic shipwreck
C#7                                    F#m
With all hands spread all over the deck
              B7
What the heck
G#m              A9                            G#m7
Then some kind of obscene and unscrupulous mind
C#7                     F#m               D9(b5)
Began to pick up what he could find
       C7                B7
Added ice, shook me twice, added ice, rolled the dice

[Chorus 3]
 E                     Asus2 F#m7             B7sus4  B7
Now I got a school boy heart, a novelist eye
E                  C#m   F#m7    E/G# A     B7
A sailor’s legs and a license to fly
          E               Asus2    F#m7      B7sus4  B7
I got a native tongue from way down south
  E        C#m            F#m7 E/G# A  B7
It sits in the cheek of my gulf coastal mouth

[Chorus]
 E                     Asus2 F#m7             B7sus4  B7
Now I got a school boy heart, a novelist eye
E                  C#m   F#m7    E/G# A     B7
A sailor’s legs and a license to fly
          E               Asus2    F#m7         B7sus4  B7
I came with nomad feet and some wandering toes
  E        C#m            F#m7 E/G# A  B7
That glide up my longboard and hang off the nose

[Outro]
E       Asus2  F#m7         B7sus4  B7
I       Oo
E       C#m    F#m7 E/G# A  B7
I       yi  yi  yi  yi  yi


CHORD DIAGRAMS:

Asus2:
e|0|
B|0|
G|2|
D|2|
A|0|
E|x|

A9:
e|x|
B|5|
G|4|
D|5|
A|4|
E|5|

B7sus4:
e|2|
B|5|
G|2|
D|4|
A|2|
E|x|

B7:
e|2|
B|0|
G|2|
D|1|
A|2|
E|x|

C7:
e|0|
B|1|
G|3|
D|2|
A|3|
E|x|

C#7:
e|x|
B|2|
G|4|
D|3|
A|4|
E|x|

C#m:
e|4|
B|5|
G|6|
D|6|
A|4|
E|x|

D9(b5):
e|4|
B|5|
G|5|
D|4|
A|5|
E|x|

E:
e|0|
B|0|
G|1|
D|2|
A|2|
E|0|

E/G#:
e|0|
B|0|
G|4|
D|2|
A|x|
E|4|

F#m7:
e|x|
B|2|
G|2|
D|2|
A|x|
E|2|

F#m7add11:
e|x|
B|0|
G|2|
D|2|
A|x|
E|2|

G#m:
e|4|
B|4|
G|4|
D|6|
A|6|
E|4|

G#m:
e|x|
B|4|
G|4|
D|4|
A|x|
E|4|