Intro:Bb F C Gm *2   C  F  C  F



C              F      C          F

In a deep dark jungle long time ago

C                F 

Lived a lonesome caveman

Dm                Gm  Em

He was a solitary soul

C                F

And he spent his playtime

C                 F

Chewing meat from bones.

C                     F 

He didn't know how to talk much

C                   F  

He only knew how to groan

        Bb                      F

Then he lifted up his hands and reached to the sky

C                  Gm

Let out a yell and no one replied.

 Bb                     F

Frustration and torment tore him inside

        C              Gm           C            Gm  

Then he fell to the ground and he cried and he cried.

         D         C

But then education saved the day.

Am                      G

He learned to speak and communicate

D         C

Education saved the day.

Am                     G

He thanked God for the friends he made.



C                       F

'Cos everybody needs an education

C                  F

Everybody needs an education.

Dm                    Gm        Em

Black skin, red skin, yellow or white,

C                  F

Everybody needs to read and write

C                  F

Everybody needs an education.



 Bb F C Gm *2



Bb                      F

Thank the day when that primitive man

           C                          Gm

Learned to talk with his brothers And live off the land.

Bb                      F

He left his cave and he moved far away

       C                                 Gm

And he lived with his friends in a house that they'd made

   Bb                      F  

He learned to think and to work with his brain

       C                                  Gm

And he astounded his friends with all the knowledge he gained

   Bb                 F

He wrote it down on a rock that he found

       C              Gm               C         Gm

And he showed all his friends and they passed it around



         D         C

And then education came that day.

Am                    G

The day it came was a sacred day.

D         C

Education came that day

Am                     G 

He thanked God for the friends he'd made.



C  G  C  G  C  G  C  G   



     C                       G

Well man built a boat and he learned how to sail

       C                 G

And he travelled far and wide

        C                       G

Then he looked up above saw the stars in the sky

A                    C

So he learned how to fly.

C                            G

Thanks to all the mathematicians

          C                         G

And the inventors with their high I.Q.s

           C

And the professors in their colleges

G

Trying to feed me knowledge

A                      C

That I know I'll never use.



Bb                    F 

Thank you sir for the millions of words

            C                         Gm

That you've handed me down and you've told me to learn

Bb                    F 

But I've got words in my ears and my eyes

     C           Gm         C          Gm

I've got so many facts that I must memorize

        D           C

Because education's doing me in

Am                    G

I want to stop but my head's in a swim

D         C

Education drives me insane

Am                     G

I can't recall all the facts on my brain.

D         C

Education came that day

Am                    G

The day it came was a sacred day

D         C

Education saved the day

Am                 G 

He thanked God for all the friends he made.



C  G  C  G 



C                        G

Teacher, teach me how to read and write,

C                      G

You can teach me about biology,

    C                        G

But you can't tell me what I am living for

C                   G

'Cos that's still a mystery.

C                       G

Teacher, teach me about nuclear physics

C                        G

And teach me about the structure of man,

    C                   G

But all your endless calculations

C                 G

Can't tell me why I am.



Guitar solo



C      Bb   Gm      C  Bb  Gm 

No you can't tell me why I am,

C      Bb   Gm      C  Bm  Gm

No you can't tell me why I am.





C               F

Everybody needs education,

C                  F

Open Universities, education.

C                       F

Every race every creed, education.

C                            F         F F F

And every little half-breed, education.



C                  F

Every nationality, education.

C                          F

All the little people need education.

Dm                  Gm   Em 

Eskimos and pygmies need

C                    F

And even aborigines, education.





C                           F

Well physics and geography, education.

C                       F

Philosophy and history, education.

C                    F

Science and biology, education,

C                    F

Geometry and poetry, education.

C     F          C          F          C        F

Well, education, education, education, education



F  Bb  F  Bb  F  Bb  F  Bb  F

(Repeat 'education' till end)





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