Livebearded Scholarship Entry chords by Anna Roberts

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G
I'm a born academic with work ethic like Lincoln
A minorAm
Wanna be a teacher and teach some students
E minorEm
A augmentedA lover of words and guitars
D MajorD
And my 17,000 yards of yarn
G+G
Born in Arkansas to ATL
A minorAm
Then to Tokyo, which went pretty swell
E minorEm
Then to Seoul where I got a hanbok
D MajorD
but back to Tokyo you know
G+G
That's the only place that feels like home
A minorAm
You go somewhere and then you'll know
E minorEm
That's where you'll always wasnt to be
D MajorD
Maybe one day I'll make it 3

Chorus:
D MajorD    C majorC
Now I'm here
D MajorD            E minorEm
To learn how to drive a car
D MajorD    C majorC
To get a job
D MajorD            E minorEm
And figure out where we are
D MajorD    C majorC
My education
D MajorD      E minorEm
is starting soon
D MajorD        C majorC  D MajorD     E minorEm
I'm taking any scholarship as a boon

Verse 2:
G+G
In a nutshell here's my goal
A minorAm
On CU Boulder I'm sold
E minorEm
Get my BA in poli sci
D MajorD
With a teaching license on the side
G+G
Then I'll teach APUSH or AP Gov
A minorAm
And impact a generation you see
E minorEm
That's what all of this has been for
D MajorD
To insure the world for generations more
G+G
After that it's back to college for an MA
A minorAm
And off to Congress to legislate
E minorEm
Education policy is where it's at
D MajorD
And hopefully it won't go too bad

Chorus:
D MajorD    C majorC
Now I'm here
D MajorD            E minorEm
To learn how to drive a car
D MajorD    C majorC
To get a job
D MajorD            E minorEm
And figure out where we are
D MajorD    C majorC
My education
D MajorD      E minorEm
is starting soon
D MajorD        C majorC  D MajorD     E minorEm
I hope you're convinced by this tune