Education Chords by The Kinks

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In a deep [F] dark jungle _ _ _
_ [C] _ Long [F] time ago
_ _ _ _ [C] Lived a [F] lonesome _ _ caveman
[Dm] He [D] was a solitary [G] _ soul
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And he spent his [F] _ _
playtime
_ [C] _ Chewing meat [F] from _ bones
_ He didn't know how to talk much
_ _ He [C] only knew [F] how to groan _
[Bb] Then he lifted up his [F] hands
And reached to the sky
[C] _ Let out a yell [G] and no one replied
[Bb] _ Frustration and torment [F] tore him inside
[Gm] Then [C] he [Gm] fell to the ground
And he [C] [Gm] cried and he cried [D] the night
_ Education _ [C] saved the day
[Am] He learned to [C] speak and _ [G] communicate
_ Education _ [D] _ [F] _
saved [C] the [Am] day
He thanked [C] God for the friends [G] he made
[C] Cause everybody [F] needs an _ education
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Everybody needs [F] an _ education
[D] Black skin, red [G] skin, yellow [E] or [C] white
_ _ Everybody needs [F] to read and write
[C] _ _ Everybody [F] needs an _ education
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_ Back to [F] day when that spirit of mind
He [C] learned to talk with his [G] brothers and live off the [Bb] land
He dug his cave [F] and he moved far [C] away
And he lived with his friends [G] in a house that they [Bb] made
He learned to think [F] and to work with his brain
[C] And he assembled his plans [G] with all the knowledge he _ [Bb] gained
He wrote a [F] dialogue about his [Gm] found
And [C] he [Gm] showed all his friends
[C] And they passed [G] him around
_ [D] _ Education [F]
saved [C] that [Am] day
They didn't care what to [G] say to [D] him
_ Education [F] _
[C] came [Am] that day
He thanked God [A] for the [G] friends he [C] made
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learned how to [C] swim and he traveled
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_ _ [C] And he looked up [G] above from the stars in the [A] sky
So he learned how to [C] fly
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[G] _ mathematicians
[Gm] But [C] the inventors did [Gm] their [G] hard choose
[Bb] I [C] love professors in [Gm] their colleges
[G] And time is keeping knowledge [A] that I know I never _
[C] use _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Thank you sir for [F] the millions of words
[Bb] That [C] you handed me down
And [G] you told me to [Dm] love
[Bb] _ I got words in [F] my ears and my [Gm] eyes
[C] I got so [G] many [C] facts
And I must [G] never write
[D] _ Education [C] _ do good in the [Am] end
I watched out [C] from a [G] head to swim
_ _ [D] [F] Education got [C] me [A] insane
I carried [C] on all the [G] facts in my brain
[D] _ Education [C] came that [A] day
It came [G] once to save the [D] day
_ Education [C] saved that [A] day
He thanked God [G] for the friends he [C] made
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_ _ [C] _ Teacher teach me how [G] to read and write
[C] You can teach me about [G] biology
_ But [C] you can't tell me what [G] I'm living for
[C] Cause that's still a _ [G]
mystery
_ _ [C] Teacher teach me [G] about nuclear physics
[C] Teach me about the structure [G] of man
With [C] all your endless _ [G]
calculations
_ _ [C] Can't tell me [G] why I [C] am
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_ Oh [C] you _ [Bb] _ [G] can't tell [Bb] me why [C] I am
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_ [Bb] No [C] you _ [Bb] _ [G] _
can't tell [Bb] me why I [C] am
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ Everybody [F]
needs _ _ Education [C] Open _ universities [F] _ _ _ Education
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Every nose, every [F] creed _ Education
_ [C] And every little [F] heartbeat _
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[C] _ For the education of the [F] kids _ _ Education
[C] All the little people [F] need _ Education
[D] _ _ Eskimos and [Em] Pygmies need
_ And [C] even _ Aborigines [F] _ _ _ need _
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_ _ _ [C] ancestors and geography
[F] _ _ Education
[Cm] _ Philosophy and [Dm] history _ Education [C] _ Biology _ _
[F] _ Education
_ [C] Geography and [F] poetry _ Education _ _ _ _ _
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