Straight As In Love chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Straight A's In Love:Johnny Cash.
84 on
BB Hot 100 on SUN Records in 1959.


INTRO: FF


#1.
     F minorFm
Well, the readin' and the writin' and arithmetic
             FF
never did get through to me.
  F minorFm
It ain't because I'm square or thick cause I
        FF
learned my A augmentedA BB C's.
      F minorFm
But when I graduated from the grammar school
           FF
and I moved one grade above, I began to be a
F minorFm                    FF
snook at books but I made straight A's in love.

CHORUS:
     Bb majorBb               G minorGm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,
    FF
but I'd bring home C's and D's.
  Bb majorBb                    FF
How could I make an A augmentedA when there's a swingin' maid
    G+G                 FF
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and
       C majorC
the front of me?


BRIDGE:
    F minorFm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they
          FF
oughta give me one above.
     Bb majorBb             G minorGm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,
  C majorC          FF
I'd have straight A's in love.


INTERLUDE: FF Bb majorBb C majorC G+G FF

#2.
F minorFm
Now, in my senior year with graduation near I did my
G minorGm       F minorFm
homework every night.
F minorFm
And when my momma said I oughta go to bed I'd turn out
G minorGm   FF
all the lights.
C majorC   F minorFm
But my sweetie pie was waitin' right outside, she'd be

a-cooin' like a dove.
     Bb majorBb                    C majorC
Though I did my best, I failed semester test, but made
        FF
straight A's in love.


CHORUS:
     Bb majorBb               G minorGm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,
    FF
but I'd bring home C's and D's.
  Bb majorBb                    FF
How could I make an A augmentedA when there's a swingin' maid
    G+G                 FF
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and
       C majorC
the front of me?


BRIDGE:
    F minorFm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they
          FF
oughta give me one above.
     Bb majorBb             G minorGm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,
  C majorC          FF
I'd have straight A's in love.



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