I Had to Give Up Gym - The Hokum Boys Chords

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Miss Alana [D] Phelan, [Gm] she used to take [D] gymnasiums [C] when she [F] used to go to [Bb] public school.
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[Bb] English art [D] and drama, [Gm] arithmetic [D] and drama, [C] she always [F] abided by the [Bb] teacher's rules. _
[D] One day she refused it, and [Gm] she wouldn't take gym no more.
[C] And the teacher asked [F] her why she quit, [C] and the answer came [F] just slow.
[Bb] I had [D] to give up gym, [G] just keep myself in [C] gym.
I had to [F] give up gym [Bb] after all.
_ _ I wasn't [D] hard enough to make [G] it, because when I tried to take [C] it, I had to [F] give up gym [Bb] after all.
_ [D] Every time I had my [Gm] gym I couldn't never talk.
_ [C] After I had tried to take [Ab] it I couldn't hardly walk.
[Bb] I know [D] baby you can [G] see, gym was just too much for me.
[C] I had to [F] give up gym [Bb] after all.
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[F] _ _ [Bb] I had [D] to give up gym, [G] just keep myself in gym.
[C] I had to give up [F] gym after [Bb] all.
[Bb] _ I wasn't hard [D] enough to make it, [Gm] because when I tried to take [C] it, I had to [F] give up gym after [Bb] _ all.
_ [D] Arithmetic and grammar, [Gm] I love my superiors.
_ [C] English art and drama, [F] they're all marked on my list.
[Bb] Gym's [D] alright without a [G] doubt, gym hurts me so take it out.
I had to [F] give up gym [Bbm] after all.
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