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Eat Your Books (And Read Your Vegetables)
By: Tom Seley

D (xx0232@1)         C#m (x13321@4)                   Bm (x24432@1)         AThey (x02220@1)say a good book will rot your brains           Wait a minute
Oh yeah, I forgot, that's television and video games.
They say that ice cream and cake will make me grow up so big and strong Wait a minute
Oh yeah, I should eat fruits and vegetables all day long


C#m (x13321@4)     Bm (x24432@1)           AI (x02220@1)am so clearly confused
C#m (x13321@4)              BmBut (x24432@1)when I get like this
            AThere's (x02220@1)a snappy jingle that I like to use


E (022100@1)                 AEat (x02220@1)your books and read your vegetables
D (xx0232@1)                     ATake (x02220@1)my advice if you wanna be respectable
E (022100@1)                      APick (x02220@1)your nose and never do your chores
D (xx0232@1)                           D7Wait (xx0212@1)a minute now there's a little bit more
DStudy (xx0232@1)really hard for your video games
EAnd (022100@1)call your little brother all kinds of names oh that's not right

D (xx0232@1)               C#m (x13321@4)                  Bm (x24432@1)            AThey (x02220@1)say I should stay inside and never go out to play Wait a minute
If I stay inside all day, my muscles will waste away
They say I should I pick on my friends as often as I can Wait a minute
If I pick on my friends they'll probably leave and not come back again

C#m (x13321@4)            Bm (x24432@1)        AI (x02220@1)am so clearly confused
C#m (x13321@4)        BmBut (x24432@1)when I get like this
            AThere's (x02220@1)a snappy jingle that I like to use


E (022100@1)                  AEat (x02220@1)your books and read your vegetables
D (xx0232@1)                     ATake (x02220@1)my advice if you wanna be respectable
E (022100@1)                       APick (x02220@1)your nose and never do your chores
DWait (xx0232@1)a minute now there's a little bit more
D7Study (xx0212@1)really hard for your video games
      EAnd (022100@1)call your little brother all kinds of names oh that's not right


D (xx0232@1)             C#m (x13321@4)                   Bm (x24432@1)              AOh (x02220@1)no, I really made a mess of things this time Wait a minute
If I concentrate I know all words will just fall in line
I'll just say everything I know and I'm sure it'll turn out fine...that's the ticket
Everybody can help out, we're all gonna count down from 9


8, 7, 6, 5
4, 3, 2, 1


Read your books and eat your vegetables
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know that's how it goes
Study really hard cuz school's not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names [amazed] I think I got it that time

E E Eb

[Key change down a full step to the key of G]
D (xx0232@1)               GRead (320003@1)your books and eat your vegetables
C (x32010@1)                      GTake (320003@1)my advice if you wanna be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know that's how it goes
Study really hard cuz school's not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names

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D (xx0232@1)       GYeah (320003@1)yeah yeah
C (x32010@1)       GOh (320003@1)oh oh
D (xx0232@1)      G(Continue (320003@1)riffing)
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)I hope you like it!  Let me know if you have any questions.  mrseley@mrseley.com


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