Key: F
Introduction: E6(9)
E C#m7 F#m7 B-
Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well
G#m7 C#m7 F#m7- B-
Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block
G#m7 C#7-
Your future's so unclear now,
F#m7 D9-
what's left of your career now
E C#m7 Am6/C
Can't even get a trade-in on your smock
B E C#m
Beauty school drop-out,
F#m7 B
no graduation day for you
E C#m
Beauty school drop-out,
A
missed your midterms
B
and flunked shampoo
E
Well at least you could have
C#m F#m7 B
taken time to wash and clean your clothes up
G#m C#m F#m7
After spending all that dough to have the doctor
B
fix your nose up
E C#m
Baby get moving,
F#m7 B
why keep your feeble hopes alive
E C#m
What are you proving?
A B
You've got the dream , but not the drive
E E+ A D9
If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool
E C#m F#m7 B E
Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school
F Dm
Beauty school drop-out,
Gm7 C
hangin' around the corner store
F Dm
Beauty school drop-out,
A# C
it's about time you knew the score
F Dm
Well they couldn't teach you anything,
Gm7 C
you think you're such a looker
Am Dm
But no customer would go to you,
Gm C
unless she was a hooker
F Dm
Baby don't sweat it,
Gm7 C
you're not cut out to hold a job
F Dm
Better forget it,
A# C
who wants their hair done by a slob
F F+
Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled,
A# D#9
But still the world is cruel
F Dm Gm7 C F C
Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school
F Dm
Baby don't blow it,
Gm7 C7
don't put my good advice to shame
F Dm
Baby you know it,
A# C
Even Dear Abby'd say the same
F F+ A# D#9
Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly
F Dm Gm7 C F
Gotta be goin' to that maltshop in the sky
F Dm
Beauty school drop-out,
F6(9)
go back to high school