Professor chords by
Monte Selby

N/A•

Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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All right, somebody play something

F

F

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C

C

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Dbdim

Dbdim

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C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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G

G

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You can find me at work high

C

C

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in my ivory tower

Every Tuesday and Thursday

G

G

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C

C

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during a few office hours

G

G

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F

F

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if my door is open and I have time to talk,

G

G

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I'll offer free advice

from way up on my soapbox.

C

C

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I love to gaze over my glasses

F

F

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during a good long lecture,

C

C

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intellectualizing theories

and making profound looking gestures.

F

F

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But today I'm at a conference

C

C

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where I will present a paper

F

F

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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attended only by colleagues

G

G

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who owe me a favor.

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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F

F

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Elementary teachers

love their children,

it's easy to see.

Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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High school instructors

love the subjects they teach

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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But here at the college

Dm

Dm

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I know it all so well

G

G

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F

F

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This professor's learned to

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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love just one thing

Eb

Eb

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C

C

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Gm

Gm

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Myself

C

C

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It's publish or perish

to get one's self promoted

G

G

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C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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So I learned how to speak

like a book being quoted

F

F

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Dm

Dm

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F

F

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I survived peer review

Dm

Dm

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F

F

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by the most scholarly

Dm

Dm

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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Even if I write articles

G

G

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Gm

Gm

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only my mother will read.

C

C

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Edim

Edim

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Gm

Gm

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My research is so dis tinguished

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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only a few can comprehend

C

C

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the significant implications

I so articulately defend.

F

F

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I'll have a mega grant

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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F

F

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Eb

Eb

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that leads to a Nobel Prize.

C

C

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F

F

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Dm

Dm

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Look for my front page feature photo

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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in the New York Times.

C

C

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F

F

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Elementary teachers love

their children,

Cm

Cm

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it's easy to see.

Eb

Eb

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C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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High school instructors

Edim

Edim

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C

C

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love the subjects they teach.

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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Ah, but here at the college,

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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I know it all so well.

F

F

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These professors learn to

Eb

Eb

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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love just one thing.

C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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Myself!

Oh, these young grad assistants,

C

C

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G

G

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they are a treasure to find.

C

C

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For their scholarship money,

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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they'll teach courses I des pise.

Eb

Eb

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I never go hungry,

C

C

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F

F

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they feed my ego each day

Dm

Dm

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Now I'm expecting my own personal

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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parking space

F

F

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Elementary teachers love their children

Cm

Cm

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F

F

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and it's easy to see

C

C

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High school instructors

love the subjects they teach

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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But here at the college I know it all so well

F

F

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Eb

Eb

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F

F

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This professor's learned to

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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love just one thing

F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Oh, don't you know,

G

G

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here at the college I know it all so well

F

F

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This professor's learned to

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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love just one thing

G

G

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My grandiose, lovable, stuffy, infallible,

Eb

Eb

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F

F

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C

C

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full of my all -important, perfect self

Outro 1

I

C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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G ₄

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E ₁

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G ₃

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E ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

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Chords

C
F
Dbdim
Edim
G
Dm
Cm
Eb
Gm

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Professor by Monte Selby is C major.

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