• Song:

    School Is Out

  • Artist:

    Cat Stevens

  • Album:

    The Collection

(intro)

G5                   F5                     D5
 school is out now; we're gonna have some fun.
G5                       F5               D5     D5
 we're gonna make like  we are the only ones.

(verse 1)
G5          F5   G5  G5            C5   Bb5  G5    F5   G5    D5
 i'm gonna buy a  piece of the sky and sell pas-sing clouds.
C5          Bb5 C5  C5        F5    Eb5     C5        Bb5  C5   D5
 i'm gonna be a  mayor of some small  town and tax the crowds.

G5          F5  G5  G5         C5   Bb5     G5         F5    G5   D5
 i'm gonna be a  local sur-vey-or and study the fore-man guilds.
C5          Bb5   C5   C5           F5   Eb5  C5              Bb5 C5   D5
 i'm gonna line up  some of the fin-est girls that are in the world!

(chorus 1)
      G5                       F5
We're coming out of school to-day
             C5             D5
And we're so happy to be a-live.
     C5                          D5               G5  C5 D5
It's gonna be the best day  the best day of our li-i-ives.

(instrumental chorus) G5  F5  C5  D5  C5  D5  G5  C5  D5

(interlude) G5  D5 (x3)  G5

(break)

G5               F5
 mmmm-mm-mm-mm  mmmm-mm-mm-mm
G5               F5             G5
 mmmm-mm-mm-mm  mmm-mm-mm-mm.

(verse 2)
G5          F5  G5  G5       C5  Bb5        G5           F5    G5       D5
 i'm gonna be a  history ma-ker; i'll call myself rich-ard the third.
C5          Bb5  C5   C5     F5  Eb5     C5           Bb5   C5   D5
 i'm gonna buy an  ampli-fi-er and shout out) "have you heard?"

(chorus 2)
      G5                       F5
We're coming out of school to-day
             C5             D5
And we're so happy to be a-live.
     C5                          D5               G5  C5 D5
It's gonna be the best day  the best day of our li-i-ives.

(Instrumental chorus) G5  F5  C5  D5  C5  D5  G5  C5  D5

(interlude) G5  D5 (x3)  G5

(coda)

      G5                       D5
We're coming out of school to-day  baby
      G5                       D5
We're coming out of school to-day  baby
      G5                       D5
We're coming out of school to-day  baby...

(repeat to fade)
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