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...SCHOOL IS OUT... by Cat Stevens
-------------------...............
*from 'Matthew & Son' (1967)*
Intro:
 GSchool is out now; Fwe're gonna have some Dfun.
 GWe're gonna make like, Fwe are the only Dones.D7  
Verse 1:
 GI'm gonna Fbuy Ga, Gpiece of the Csky Bband Gsell Fpas-Gsing D7clouds.
 CI'm gonna Bbbe Ca, CMayor of Fsome Ebsmall, Ctown and Bbtax Cthe D7crowds.
 GI'm gonna Fbe Ga, Glocal sur-Cvey-Bbor and Gstudy the FFore-Gman D7guilds.
 CI'm gonna Bbline Cup, Csome of the Ffin-Ebest Cgirls that are Bbin Cthe D7world!
Chorus 1:
We're Gcoming out of school to-Fday, and we're so Chappy to be a-Dlive.
It's Cgonna be the best day, the Dbest day of our Gli-Ci-D7ives.
(Instrumental Chorus):
  G    F    C  D,   C  D,    G    C  D7,   G  F  
Interlude:
G,   C    D   C(x3), G  
Break:
 GMmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Fmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Gmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Fmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.
 GMmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Fmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Gmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, Fmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.
  G  F, G  
Verse 2:
 GI'm gonna Fbe Ga, Ghistory Cma-Bbker; I'll Gcall myself FRich-Gard the D7Third.
 CI'm gonna Bbbuy Can, Campli-Ffi-Eber and Cshout out: "Bbhave Cyou D7heard?"
Chorus 2:
We're Gcoming out of school to-Fday, and we're so Chappy to be a-Dlive.
It's Cgonna be the best day, the Dbest day of our Gli-Ci-D7ives.
(Instrumental Chorus):
  G    F    C  D,   C  D,   G    C  D7,   G  F  
Interlude:
G,   C    D   C(x2)
Coda:
We're Gcoming out of school to-Dday, baby,
We're Gcoming out of school to-Dday, baby.
We're Gcoming out of school to-Dday...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       F       D       D7      C       Bb      Eb
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  133211  xx0232  xx0212  x32010  x13331  365343
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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School Is Out

by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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...SCHOOL IS OUT... by Cat Stevens

-------------------...............

*from 'Matthew & Son' (1967)*

Intro:

G F D

School is out now; we're gonna have some fun.

G F D D7

We're gonna make like, we are the only ones.

Verse 1:

G F G G C Bb G F G D7

I'm gonna buy a, piece of the sky and sell pas-sing clouds.

C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7

I'm gonna be a, Mayor of some small, town and tax the crowds.

G F G G C Bb G F G D7

I'm gonna be a, local sur-vey-or and study the Fore-man guilds.

C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7

I'm gonna line up, some of the fin-est girls that are in the world!

Chorus 1:

G F C D

We're coming out of school to-day, and we're so happy to be a-live.

C D G C D7

It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li-i-ives.

(Instrumental Chorus):

G F C D C D G C D7 G F

, , ,

Interlude:

G C D C G

, (x3),

Break:

G F G F

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.

G F G F

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm.

G F G

Verse 2:

G F G G C Bb G F G D7

I'm gonna be a, history ma-ker; I'll call myself Rich-ard the Third.

C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7

I'm gonna buy an, ampli-fi-er and shout out: "have you heard?"

Chorus 2:

G F C D

We're coming out of school to-day, and we're so happy to be a-live.

C D G C D7

It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li-i-ives.

(Instrumental Chorus):

G F C D C D G C D7 G F

, , ,

Interlude:

G C D C

, (x2)

Coda:

G D

We're coming out of school to-day, baby,

G D

We're coming out of school to-day, baby.

G D

We're coming out of school to-day...

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

G F D D7 C Bb Eb

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

320003 133211 xx0232 xx0212 x32010 x13331 365343

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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