Key: B major
Verse 1
Em
G
F
D
G
Em
D
Cease,
to our petition
F
C
an d save the village
F
Bb
C
F
Don't tear down the house of detention
Bbm
Dm
Keep her and shield her
G
C
from all who wish her harm
F
Bb
Don't tear down the house
C
F
of detention
Gm
C
Dm
Cornerstone of
Gm
F
Greenwich Village charm
Bbm
Bb
F
Do not disperse the chums
I've adored
Dm
G
Ginny McManus, Patty Ward
C
F
C
F
And the rest, too tender to mention
Bb
Dm
Girls who instilled me
G
C
with decency and truth
F
Bb
C
Don't tear down the house of detention
F
Dm
C
Dm
Let it stand a
Gm
C
F
symbol of my youth
Ebm
Bbm
A golden memory's
F
Bbm
locked in every locker
Fm
Bbm
The basement track meet
F
Bb
and the rooftop soccer
F
Bb
Fight for truth and camaraderie
Fm
Bb
Eb
Cm
Soccer champions of the century
F
Bb
Only victors of the Brooklyn ladies'
penitentiary
in the yard as one sorority
Ab
Fm
Abm
Fight we're gonna, win we gotta
G
Eb
C
Bbm
Sell your mother for your alma
Cm
Fm
Bb
Eb
C
mater H .R .D.
F
Bb
C
F
So I beg you, send us a patron
Bbm
Dm
Sign a few lists,
G
C
so that they will not dispose
F
Bb
C
F
Of our dear, beloved head matron
G
C
Dm
With the graying hair
G
C
F
an d rubber hose
Bb
Bbm
Out of the night,
Bb
F
a voice within me stutters
G
C
Overlooking sutters.
F
Bb
C
F
So I say, Fie, Fie to the cynic,
Bbm
Dm
Know that there's love
G
C
In these hallowed walls of brown.
There's love in the showers.
Bb
F
There's love in the clinic,
Dm
Gm
C
Dm
it was built with love
Bb
Gm
F
My lovely house in town
the percher and the souse
Abm
Ab
Eb
Cm
Would you trade love for an
Bbm
C
apartment house?
Fm
Bb
Oh, save my house up with a D and an
E and a T and an A and an M -T -I -O -N!
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