(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
We're coming out of school to-day
             C             D
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

(interlude) G  D (x3)  G

(break)

G               F
 mmmm-mm-mm-mm  mmmm-mm-mm-mm
G               F             G
 mmmm-mm-mm-mm  mmm-mm-mm-mm.

(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
We're coming out of school to-day
             C             D
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

(interlude) G  D (x3)  G

(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  baby...

(repeat to fade)