• Song:

    Deans List College

  • Artist:

    Matt The Electrician

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Artist: Matt the Electrician
 Album: Live
  Song: Dean's List (College)

Tabbed by akchang

Tuning: Standard, Capo 3
Chords:
F    133210 (This is actually Fmaj7, but will be written as F below. Use the thumb to 
fret the low F on the 6th string)
C/G  332010
G    320003
Bb   x13331
Am   x02210
Em   022000

Intro: F C G C F

Verse:

F (133211@1)                        CI (x32010@1)owe thirty-five dollars to the library
   G (320003@1)                CAt (x32010@1)Humboldt State University
      F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)I dropped out fifteen years ago
      G (320003@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)      C/GAnd (3x555x@1)I never paid it and I'm still not gonna.

F (133211@1)          CI (x32010@1)never got my report card
      G (320003@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)I didn't go to class and I didn't work hard
     F (133211@1)                   CSo (x32010@1)I didn't wanna know how bad I did
      G (320003@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)    C/GBut (3x555x@1)I know I never made the dean's list.

Chorus:

Am (x02210@1)         EmAnd (022000@1)college is a waste of time
       F (133211@1)                   CIf (x32010@1)you wanna be a baker or a candlestick maker
Am (x02210@1)              EmYou (022000@1)still have to wait in line
       F (133211@1)                        CAt (x32010@1)the bank drive through and the train tracks too
       F (133211@1)                 CBehind (x32010@1)people like me with no degree
         G (320003@1)                    C'Cause (x32010@1)I know the conductor and he knows me
          F (133211@1)                        CYou (x32010@1)might have a nicer car, but I've traveled pretty far
    G (320003@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)     C/GAnd (3x555x@1)all I have is an old guitar

Bridge:

F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb C/G (3x555x@1)Verse:

F (133211@1)               CForty (x32010@1)bucks for a bag of weed
       G (320003@1)             CIn (x32010@1)the summer nineteen ninety three
F (133211@1)              CForty (x32010@1)dollars is all I have
       G (320003@1)            Bb (x1333x@1)          C/GAnd (3x555x@1)it isn't mine, it belongs to my parents.

F (133211@1)                       COh, (x32010@1)five hundred points for a roll of cookie dough
      G (320003@1)                    CIn (x32010@1)the cafeteria they've got sloppy joes
        F (133211@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)the sloppy joes cost three points
        G (320003@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1) C/GI (3x555x@1)won't eat in the spring but hey, cookie dough.

Chorus:

Am (x02210@1)         EmAnd (022000@1)college is a waste of time
       F (133211@1)                   CIf (x32010@1)you wanna be a diver or a big rig driver.
Am (x02210@1)              EmYou (022000@1)still have to go to the store
    F (133211@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)share the road with a wide load
      F (133211@1)           CWho's (x32010@1)taking up all three lanes
         G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)you can't get around him it's a big pain
        F (133211@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)the driver hasn't slept in three whole days
       G (320003@1)                        CBut (x32010@1)he knows one thing and that's freeways.
           F (133211@1)                   CHe's (x32010@1)got a Gatorade bottle where he goes pee
    G (320003@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)    C/GAnd (3x555x@1)you're behind him with your college degree.

Final verse:

F (133211@1)                        CI (x32010@1)owe thirty-five dollars to the library
   G (320003@1)                CAt (x32010@1)Humboldt State University
      F (133211@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)I dropped out fifteen years ago
      G (320003@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)I never paid it and I'm still not gonna.
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