Intro:  G#5 G5 D#5  G#5 G5 D#5  G5  G#5  D#5 

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The children are all leaving school today 
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Mama said, don't worry, I'll be back one day 
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The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye 
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She was hiding those tears in her eyes 


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Roll up the history books, burn the chairs 
D#5          F5                 /A5     Bb5 
Set fire to anything, set fire to the air 
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They're riding to begin and running at the end 
       G5                       F5           Bb5 
'Cause mama said, you take your life in your hands 

Taking your life, your life in your hands 

But don't take your life in your hands like I did 
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I don't feel so bad, and always look forward with hope 
            Bb5                                  D#5      Intro  
Forward and hope that the children will always be there 

Cancel the day, cancel the night 

Cancel the day, cancel the night 

'Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away 

Full of hysterical laughter, and say 

Mama, mama, I've left school today 

I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away 

But those gentle men in blue, and those in grey 

Say I'll never, never see mama again 


           D#5         C5           F5  
'Cause she took those lives in her hands 
     D#5                 C5           F5 
Yes, she took all those lives in her hands 
         D#5         C5           F5 
Yes, she took those lives in her hands 
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But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands? 





by: Jos? Duarte 
jtduarte1@gmail.com