Intro Eb6(9)
Verso 1:
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb
Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er do well
Gm7 Cm7 Fm7 Bb
Most mixed up non delinquent on the block
Gm7 C7
Your future's so unclear now
Fm7 Db9
what's left of your career now
Eb Cm7 Abm6/B
Can't even get a trade in on your smock
( Abm6/B Ab/Bb Ab/Bb Eb )
( Cm Fm7 Bb )
Eb Cm
Beauty school drop out
Fm7 Bb
no graduation day for you
Eb Cm
Beauty school drop out
Ab
missed your midterms
Bb
and flunked shampoo
Eb
Well at least you could have
Cm Fm7 Bb
taken time to wash and clean your clothes up
Gm Cm Fm7
After spending all that dough to have the doctor
Bb
fix your nose up
Verso 2:
Eb Cm
Baby get moving
Fm7 Bb
why keep your feeble hopes alive
Eb Cm
What are you proving?
Ab Bb
You've got the dream, but not the drive
Eb Eb Ab Db9
If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool
Eb Cm Fm7 Bb Eb
Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school
( Cm B4 B6 )
E Dbm
Beauty school drop out
Gbm7 B
hangin' around the corner store
E Dbm
Beauty school drop out
A B
it's about time you knew the score
E Dbm
Well they couldn't teach you anything
Gbm7 B
you think you're such a looker
Abm Dbm
But no customer would go to you
Gbm B
unless she was a hooker
E Dbm
Baby don't sweat it
Gbm7 B
you're not cut out to hold a job
E Dbm
Better forget it
A B
who wants their hair done by a slob
E E
Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled
A D9
But still the world is cruel
E Dbm Gbm7 B E B
Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school
Verso 3:
E Dbm
Baby don't blow it
Gbm7 B7(9)
don't put my good advice to shame
E Dbm
Baby you know it
A B
Even Dear Abby'd say the same
E E A D9
Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly
E Dbm Gbm7 B E
Gotta be goin' to that maltshop in the sky
( Dbm E Dbm )
Final
E Dbm
Beauty school drop out
E6(9)
go back to high school