Fame - The Teachers Argument chords by Soundtracks

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ONG: The Teacher's Argument
ARTIST: Michael Gore

From the musical, Fame

 DmDm            Dm/C
Artists are special celestial fools

 Dm/B               A#A#
Blessed with the talent for breaking the rules

  DmDm     /C     /B   A#A#   Gm7Gm7
I'm fit for confinement in cubicle schools
A#/C Am/C  Gm/C
artists are
 A#/F    FF
Special

Dsus/E  A7sus  A7A7

DmDm           /C
Artists are people not primitive fools
   Dm/B          /A#
they learn what to do before breaking the rules
   Dm/A     /G#     C/GC/G    FF   Dm7Dm7
they know that the brain is the finest of tools
 F/GF/G   Em/GEm/G    Dm/G
Artists are

 F/CF/C   C majorC
People


 D#D#            C7C7
Whether in theatre or music or dance

   D#D#           C7C7
They have to be given the chance

  A#A#      A minorAm          G minorGm
To fly by the seat of their pants

         G minorGm
To develop their minds and be nurtured

   A7sus
Like plants

A7sus  A7A7

 DmDm
Artists are part of the same human race

as everyone else in the same bloody place
  F/AF/A     /G#     C/GC/G     FF  D7D7
you learn to survive or you fall on your face
      G minorGm   C majorC
Artist or not

A7A7    DmDm (5 bars)
artist or not

A7sus
A7A7
Fm7Fm7

I've seen them come and go for all these years
 Fm7Fm7                              D#Maj7D#maj7
Kids with no talent for anything more than carrying spears

another year another shipment
      C#/G                 F#/C  C7b5C7b5
lacking the drive or the style or the basic equipment
      Fno3rd
this one is different.

Ano3rd

        D MajorD    F#7F#7    B minorBm      A augmentedA
And i can see me then, unremarkable me

        D MajorD       D7D7
The kid in the ballet class

        G+G        C#C#
The princess i wanted to be

     F# minorF#m       FF
Tutu and pointe shoes

      E minorEm   D#D#
Hair in a bun

       A#A#     D#D#
Completely unnoticed

       A7sus4A7sus4
As if i were no one


      DmDm          /C
this one is different i tell you
       G/BG/B  Gm/A#  A7A7
this one can dance
       DmDm
This one is special i tell you

      A#A# G+G Cno3rd (5 bars)
give him a chance

Fno3rd
Gno3rd (2 bars)


What did they tell me when i was a girl
Learn...
Day after day when i was a girl
Learn...
   BB
The land of dreams waits over the meadow

 C#C#
If you can find a way

out of the ghetto
 D MajorD    E MajorE
Learn, learn

     A augmentedA         G+G   D MajorD
Put your faith in books

that will protect you
     A augmentedA        G+G   D MajorD
Put your faith in books

and a mind of your own
     A augmentedA        G+G   D MajorD   C majorC
Neither charm or looks

will make them respect you
you must learn to stand
you must learn to stand alone


this one is different
put your faith in books
this one can dance
put your faith in books
artists are special
artists are people
this one must have the chance
this one must have the chance.