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Boy From School

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What a great song and this version sounds beautful when strummed nicely on an acoustic, 
Verse 1:
      G#mAnd I was a boy from Eschool
      BHelplessly G#mhelping all the Erules
      G#mAnd there was a boy at Eschool
      BHopelessly G#mwrestling all his Efools
      G#mAnd there was a girl at Eschool
      BBlaming all the G#mwords she stole from Ehome
      G#mNothing would keep her a Echild
      BLong hours G#mdon't you know we Etry
Chorus:
     We C#mtry but we Bdid'nt have Elong
     We C#mtry but we Bdon't beElong
     We C#mtry but we Bdidn't have Elong
     We C#mtry but we Bdon't beElong
Verse 2:  (The rhythm is the same as verse 1, You should know this song anyway so 
should'nt be a problem)

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Boy From School

by Hot Chip

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

What a great song and this version sounds beautful when strummed nicely on an acoustic,

Verse 1:

G#m E

And I was a boy from school

B G#m E

Helplessly helping all the rules

G#m E

And there was a boy at school

B G#m E

Hopelessly wrestling all his fools

G#m E

And there was a girl at school

B G#m E

Blaming all the words she stole from home

G#m E

Nothing would keep her a child

B G#m E

Long hours don't you know we try

Chorus:

C#m B E

We try but we did'nt have long

C#m B E

We try but we don't belong

C#m B E

We try but we didn't have long

C#m B E

We try but we don't belong

Verse 2: (The rhythm is the same as verse 1, You should know this song anyway so

should'nt be a problem)

About Boy From School Chords by Hot Chip

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