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