Cat Stevens — School Is Out Chords

...SCHOOL IS OUT... by Cat Stevens
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*from 'Matthew & Son' (1967)*


Intro:

G                   F                     D
 School is out now; we're gonna have some fun.
G                       F               D     D7
 We're gonna make like, we are the only ones.

Verse 1:

G          F   G  G            C   Bb  G    F   G    D7
 I'm gonna buy a, piece of the sky and sell pas—sing clouds.
C          Bb C  C        F    Eb     C        Bb  C   D7
 I'm gonna be a, Mayor of some small, town and tax the crowds.

G          F  G  G         C   Bb     G         F    G   D7
 I'm gonna be a, local sur—vey—or and study the Fore—man guilds.
C          Bb   C   C           F   Eb  C              Bb C   D7
 I'm gonna line up, some of the fin—est girls that are in the world!

Chorus 1:

      G                       F
We're coming out of school to—day,
             C             D
And we're so happy to be a—live.
     C                          D               G  C D7
It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li—i—ives.

(Instrumental Chorus):

G  F  C  D, C  D  G  C  D7

Interlude:

G  D (x3), G

Break:

G               F
 Mmmm—mm—mm—mm, mmmm—mm—mm—mm,
G               F             G
 Mmmm—mm—mm—mm, mmm—mm—mm—mm.

Verse 2:

G          F  G  G       C  Bb        G           F    G       D7
 I'm gonna be a, history ma—ker; I'll call myself Rich—ard the Third.
C          Bb  C   C     F  Eb     C           Bb   C   D7
 I'm gonna buy an, ampli—fi—er and shout out: "have you heard?"

Chorus 2:

      G                       F
We're coming out of school to—day,
             C             D
And we're so happy to be a—live.
     C                          D               G  C D7
It's gonna be the best day, the best day of our li—i—ives.

(Instrumental Chorus):

G  F  C  D, C  D  G  C  D7

Interlude:

G  D (x3), G

Coda:

      G                       D
We're coming out of school to—day, baby,
      G                       D
We're coming out of school to—day, baby,
      G                       D
We're coming out of school to—day, baby...

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       F       D       D7      C       Bb      Eb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  133211  xx0232  xx0212  x32010  x13331  665x4x


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)