School mam chords by The Stranglers

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Intro 1
E 
 (E major) 
Em 
B 
 (E minor)  (B major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
D 
A 
D 
A 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
D 
A 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
D 
B 
A 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (B major)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 1
Em 
F#m 
F# 
F#m 
A fine  (E minor) day for the classroom and the pu (F sharp minor) pils   (F sharp major) are here  (F sharp minor) 
A 
 (A major) Ju lie's got a headache but the
Em 
 (E minor) others don't care
Sarah's got to stay behind and
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) help  with the drill
A 
Teacher's  (A major) got his eye on her
Em 
Moves  (E minor) in  for the kill.
Nobody can see or hear
F# 
the things  (F sharp major) that they do
A 
Am 
 (A major) All the books stay  (A minor) closed,
A 
Em 
there  (A major) must be something  (E minor) they do
Only teacher knows about the sub
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) jects they span - span
A 
 (A major) Education's secondary,
Em 
 (E minor) be  ing a school mam
Bb 
B 
 (B flat major)  (B major) 

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Verse 2

Oooooeeee!

Teachers doing fine as far

as I can see

Verse 3
Em 
 (E minor) 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 
F#m 
 (E minor) Noises heard the principal in (F sharp minor) vestigates
F# 
A 
 (F sharp major) She  (A major) turns on all the cameras
Em 
but  (E minor) it's too late
Catches both their pants down
F#m 
F# 
in a pas (F sharp minor) sion  war  (F sharp major) 
A 
 (A major) Hasn't seen it happen since
Em 
the  (E minor) day she was born
Reaching down for glasses
F#m 
that just  (F sharp minor) can't be found
A 
 (A major) By the time she finds them,
Em 
why their  (E minor) down on the ground
Tossing and a turning they've
F# 
got feverish  (F sharp major) hands
A 
Em 
 (A major) Lead can be so fluid when you're  (E minor) be
ing a school mam
Bb 
B 
 (B flat major)  (B major) 

Verse 5

Oooooeeee!

Teachers doing fine as far

as I can see

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) 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 
Sucking  (E minor) on her fingernails she can't
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) be    lieve what she's seeing
A 
 (A major) She's seeing something close to
Em 
what ap (E minor) pears on the screen
Locks her door, with trembling hands
D 
F# 
F#m 
and her  (D major) hearts beat (F sharp major) ing very fast  (F sharp minor) 
A 
 (A major) She pretends she's down there
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) on  the  (E minor) floor in the class
Gives herself to teacher although
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) he doesn't know
A 
 (A major) Works herself into a frenzied
Em 
 (E minor) state and it shows
Sarah's almost at the top
F# 
F#m 
but  (F sharp major) try as she can (F sharp minor) 
A 
 (A major) She can't reach her helter skelter
Em 
 (E minor) Down with the school man

Verse 8

Just watch her go and help

her try if you can

Use your twentieth century imagination

Interlude 1

- if you've got any

Verse 9

Oooooeeee!

Now she's at the top and teacher

sets her free

Verse 10
Em 
 (E minor) 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 
 (E minor) Now the principal collapses
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) dead  on the floor
A 
With con (A major) tentment on her
Em 
wrinkled old  (E minor) face ever more
She went out the very best way
F#m 
that an  (F sharp minor) old   woman can
A 
 (A major) She was where the action was
Em 
Down  (E minor) there with the school
man
Bb 
B 
 (B flat major)  (B major) 

Verse 12

Oooooeeee!

Teacher never will discover

who could see

Verse 13
Em 
 (E minor) 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 
Em 
 (C major) Six (E minor) teen 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 
But it goes forty two  (C major) and a bit
Em 
 (E minor) Forty three, forty four, forty five,
forty six, forty seven
B 
Forty eight, forty  (B major) nine,
Em 
Forty  (E minor) 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!
Em 
B 
Em 
Em 
 (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (E minor) 
Em 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major) 
D 
Em 
A 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 