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Teacher, Teacher

Capo 4th fret


C   G   C


C     G/B    Am
Who invented algebra?
C       G/B      Am
Someone from the Inquisition,
C      G/B     Am
Gross abuse of his position,
C         G         C
Torturing kids like me.


F              C
Three x equals y plus z
F              C
Minus brackets one and three,
F              C
Underneath the yum yum tree,
G7         C
I am going crazy!


G7                C
Teacher, teacher, give us a break!
G7                C
How much teaching can we take?
G7                  C
How much more do we have to learn
         G7                              C
Till our brains blow up and our eyeballs burn?


F   Em   G6/D   C

Who invented history?
Big shots cutting warlike capers
Love to see their name in the papers,
Torturing kids like me.

Columbus led the Third Crusade;
Nelson charged with the Light Brigade;
Rome burned up while Caesar played -
I am going crazy!

Teacher, teacher, give us a break!
How much teaching can we take?
How much more do we have to learn
Till our brains blow up and our eyeballs burn?

Who invented the English language?
Someone off on a three-day bender
Dreamed up present, predicate, gender,
Torturing kids like me.

Semicolons we remember,
Present perfect, half September,
I and E before November,
I am going crazy!

Teacher, teacher, give us a break!
How much teaching can we take?
How much more do we have to learn
Till our brains blow up and our eyeballs burn?
We are going crazy!

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 2000)

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