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The Stranglers
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
E
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B
B
2

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B
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Verse 1
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F#m
F#m
2

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F#
F#
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F#m
F#m
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A fine day for the classroom and the pupils are here
A
A

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Ju lie's got a headache but the
Em
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others don't care

Sarah's got to stay behind and
F#m
F#m
2

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help with the drill
A
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Teacher's got his eye on her
Em
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Moves in for the kill.

Nobody can see or hear
F#
F#
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the things that they do
A
A

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Am
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All the books stay closed,
A
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there must be something they do

Only teacher knows about the sub
F#m
F#m
2

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jects they span - span
A
A

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Education's secondary,
Em
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be ing a school mam
Bb
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B
2

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Verse 2
D
D

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Oooooeeee!

Teachers doing fine as far
Em
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B
B
2

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E
E

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as I can see
Verse 3
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Being a school mam

Long holidays in the summer

Being a school mam

Free milk in your coffee break

Being a school mam

Government paid monthly
Verse 4

salary checks
Em
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F#m
F#m
2

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Noises heard the principal investigates
F#
F#
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A
A

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She turns on all the cameras
Em
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but it's too late

Catches both their pants down
F#m
F#m
2

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F#
F#
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in a passion war
A
A

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Hasn't seen it happen since
Em
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the day she was born

Reaching down for glasses
F#m
F#m
2

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that just can't be found
A
A

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By the time she finds them,
Em
Em

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why their down on the ground

Tossing and a turning they've
F#
F#
2

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got feverish hands
A
A

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Em
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Lead can be so fluid when you're be

ing a school mam
Bb
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B
B
2

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Verse 5
B
B
2

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Oooooeeee!
D
D

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Teachers doing fine as far
Em
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A
A

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B
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2

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Em
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as I can see
Verse 6
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Being a school mam

Controlling promiscuity after hours

Being a school mam

Giving out detentions by the dozen

Being a school mam

Give her fifty lines (of speed)

Being a school mam
Verse 7
Em
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Sucking on her fingernails she can't
F#m
F#m
2

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be lieve what she's seeing
A
A

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She's seeing something close to
Em
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what appears on the screen

Locks her door, with trembling hands
D
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F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
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and her hearts beating very fast
A
A

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She pretends she's down there
Am
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Em
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on the floor in the class

Gives herself to teacher although
F#m
F#m
2

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he doesn't know
A
A

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Works herself into a frenzied
Em
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state and it shows

Sarah's almost at the top
F#
F#
2

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F#m
F#m
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but try as she can
A
A

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She can't reach her helter skelter
Em
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Down with the school man
Verse 8
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Just watch her go and help
C
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her try if you can
Em
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Use your twentieth century imagination
Interlude 1

- if you've got any
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Bb
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B
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Verse 9
D
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Oooooeeee!

Now she's at the top and teacher
Em
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A
A

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B
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2

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Em
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E
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sets her free
Verse 10
Em
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Being a school mam

Disgusting behavior

Being a school mam

All over the parquet flooring

Being a school mam

Letting the flood gates open wide
Verse 11

Being a school mam
Em
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Now the principal collapses
F#m
F#m
2

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dead on the floor
A
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With contentment on her
Em
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wrinkled old face ever more

She went out the very best way
F#m
F#m
2

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that an old woman can
A
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She was where the action was
Em
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Down there with the school

man
Bb
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Verse 12
D
D

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Oooooeeee!

Teacher never will discover
A
A

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A
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B
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E
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who could see
Verse 13
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Being a school mam

One and one make two

if you're very lucky

Being a school mam

Two twos make four if

I remember correctly

Being a school mam

Four fours make sixteen

and sixteen's over age
C
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Sixteen and sixteen

makes thirty two

That's approaching middle age

Thirty two and thirty

two makes sixty four

That's OAP land

Sixty four and sixty four makes a hundred

and twenty eight

A hundred and twenty eight

divided by three

Let me pause for reflection for a second

But teacher!

Three doesn't go into a hundred

and twenty eight exactly,
C
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But it goes forty two and a bit
Em
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Forty three, forty four, forty five,

forty six, forty seven
B
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Forty eight, forty nine,
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Forty nine, point one, forty nine,

point two, forty nine, point three

Forty nine, point four,

Forty nine, point five, forty nine, point six,

forty nine, point seven

Forty nine, point eight,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,

Forty nine, point nine,
Outro 1

Fifty!
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • E

  • Em

  • B

    2

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • F#

    2

  • Am

  • Bb

  • C

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of School mam by The stranglers is D major.

The primary chords used in School mam are E, Em, B, D, A, F#m.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, Em, B, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of School mam is approximately 113 beats per minute.

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