Intro (0:05)
D/A E D/A E
Verse (0:16)
A A7M F#m A Bm E
Hey, headmaster, what's the matter with you?
A A7M F#m A Bm E
Why you always so serious? Why so blue?
PreChorus (0:36)
D/A A7M
All the kids in the school have seen you
D/A A7M
Being patient with the boys who fool you
D/A A7M
When you used to hit them with your ruler
Bm D/A E
So independent too
D/A C#m/G# Bm A Bm E
Hey, headmaster, what's the matter with you?
Verse (1:06)
A A7M F#m A Bm E
There's a crisis rumoured in the school
A A7M F#m A Bm E
The boys have cut their hair short to look cool
PreChorus (1:26)
D/A A7M
Examination time is drawing near
D/A A7M
Disintegration of the football team
D/A A7M
No one seems to want to play for real
Bm D/A E
In classroom, club or pool
D/A C#m/G# Bm A Bm E
Hey, headmaster, what you gonna do?
Verse (1:57)
B G#m C#m F#
There's an invitation in the post
B G#m C#m F#
To a reading party on the coast
PreChorus (2:17)
D/A A7M
Pack your bags up, you old bibliophile
D/A A7M
Get together with your friends who will
D/A A7M
Give you time to think and time to kill
Bm D/A E
with independent hosts
Chorus (2:37)
D/A C#m/G# Bm A Bm E
Hey, headmaster, aren't you gonna go?
Outro (2:47)
D/A F A
Hey, headmaster, aren't you gonna go?