Lifeboat Chords by Steve Taylor

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ Good morning [D] class. _
Good [G] morning Mr. _
[A] Zarian.
_ Today we're going [D] to play a game.
_ Yay!
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] This game is called [D] Lifeboat.
All together.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Good!
_ _ Lifeboat is a lesson in values clarification. _
[A] Can you say [D] values clarification? _
_ [E] No. _ _ _ _ _
Values clarification [D] is where your little minds decide [G] which lives are worth living [A] and which lives are worth [D] _ _
not living.
[G] Now, here's how [A] we play.
A big [D] ship just sank.
There are five [Bm] people on the lifeboat, [E] but the [D] lifeboat is only made for two. _
[G] I'll list the five people on the chart board [D] and you class will decide which three will be thrown [Bm] overboard.
_ Are we ready?
_ [C#] _ [D] Yes, Mr.
Zarian.
_ _ _ [G] Good!
First, [A]
there's an old, [D] old crippled grandfather.
_ [Bm] Second, there's a mentally [C#] _
handicapped person [D] in a wheelchair.
_ What's mentally [Bm] handicapped?
_ [G] It means [C#] they can never be [D] a productive member of society.
_ _ [Bm] Third, there's an overweight [C#m] woman on welfare [D] with a sniffling, whimpering baby.
[Bm] Is the baby [A] on welfare too?
_ [D] _ _ _ Let's _ [Bm] not push, Mrs.
Arian.
[C#m] _
_ _ [D] _ Who else is in the boat?
_ [Bm] A young, white [C#] doctor with blue eyes [D] and perfect teeth and Joan [Bm] Collins.
_ Now, [C#m] class, take five minutes to [D] make your decision. _ _ _
Time's up.
_ Well, class?
[C#m] _ _
_ _ [D] Throw on the [C]
grandma, cause she's [G] getting pretty [D] old.
_ Throw out [Am] the baby or we'll all be _ catching its [D] gold.
Throw [C] over Fanny and we'll [G] see if she can float.
_ _ [D] _ Throw out [C] the retard and [D] they won't be rocking the boat. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Very _ [A] good! _
That was fun, [D] wasn't it?
Yeah!
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
For [D] our next lesson, we're going to do an experiment.
[G] _ _ Yeah!
_ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ We're going to test the law of gravity, [G] just like Galileo, [A] by dropping two [D] objects out the window,
one heavy and [G] one light, to test which [A] one hits the [D] sidewalk first.
Now, what shall we [G] use for the lighter object?
[A] I'm thinking of something [D] small and square. _
An [G] eraser?
_ _ [A] Good!
_ [D] And what shall we use for the heavy object?
I'm [G] thinking of something round [A] and round.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Tommy, _ [G] I haven't given you permission to leave [A] your seat. _
_ _ [D] Class?
_ _ Class, the bell is not [G] rung.
What are [A] you_ Oh!
[D] Oh!
_ Class! _
Put [G] me down!
Class, put me [A] down this instant!
[D] What are you_ Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Go _ [C] over teacher and [G] we'll see if she can bounce.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] Our lesson [Am] teacher _ [Bm] says [Am] _ _
perfection's a [D] task.
She's [C] getting old and dry [G] and with an ugly coat.
_ _ [D] Go over [C] teacher and we'll [D] play a game of life [E]-sorting.
Go over [D] _ _
_ _ [A] video. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ Go over [D] _
video.
[Bm] Will [A] all be [Bm] catching this [E] ball?
Go [D] over Betty and [A] we'll see if she can run.
_ _ [E] _ Grow a [D] garden pot and [E] there won't be _ potting dung.
_ _ Yay! _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _