Fame - The Teachers Argument chords by Soundtracks

ONG: The Teacher's Argument
ARTIST: Michael Gore

From the musical, Fame

 Dm                       Dm/C
Artists are special celestial fools

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

    Dm         /C          /B      A#      Gm7
I'm fit for confinement in cubicle schools
A#/C  Am/C   Gm/C
artists are
 A#/F       F
Special

Dsus/E   A7sus    A7

Dm                     /C
Artists are people not primitive fools
     Dm/B                    /A#
they learn what to do before breaking the rules
     Dm/A          /G#          C/G       F     Dm7
they know that the brain is the finest of tools
 F/G      Em/G        Dm/G
Artists are

 F/C      C
People



 D#                       C7
Whether in theatre or music or dance

      D#                      C7
They have to be given the chance

    A#            Am                    Gm
To fly by the seat of their pants

                  Gm
To develop their minds and be nurtured

      A7sus
Like plants


A7sus    A7

 Dm
Artists are part of the same human race

as everyone else in the same bloody place
    F/A         /G#         C/G          F   D7
you learn to survive or you fall on your face
           Gm      C
Artist or not

A7        Dm (5 bars)
artist or not

A7sus
A7
Fm7

I've seen them come and go for all these years
 Fm7                                                            D#maj7
Kids with no talent for anything more than carrying spears

another year another shipment
            C#/G                                 F#/C   C7b5
lacking the drive or the style or the basic equipment
            Fno3rd
this one is different.

Ano3rd

               D        F#7       Bm            A
And i can see me then, unremarkable me

                D              D7
The kid in the ballet class

                G               C#
The princess i wanted to be

          F#m             F
Tutu and pointe shoes

           Em      D#
Hair in a bun

              A#          D#
Completely unnoticed

              A7sus4
As if i were no one



            Dm                   /C
this one is different i tell you
             G/B   Gm/A#    A7
this one can dance
             Dm
This one is special i tell you

           A# 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...
     B
The land of dreams waits over the meadow

 C#
If you can find a way

out of the ghetto
 D        E
Learn, learn

          A                 G      D
Put your faith in books

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

and a mind of your own
         A                G      D      C
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.