Cifras
The Teachers Are Afraid

Tom: B

Introdução:  Bb   Db   C   B   Bb  

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                 G                     F#                 A 
there~s too many people
 G                         Eb               B           Bb 
planning your downfall
                     G                     F#                 A 
when your spirit~s on trial
             G                                       Eb           B       Bb 
these nights can be frightening
 Bb                             Db             C 
sleep transports sadness
                                               B     Bb 
to some other mid-brain
         Bb               Db 
and somebody here
           C                                       B           Bb 
will not be here next year
               G                       F#                       A 
so you stand by the board
                 G                     Eb           B         Bb 
full of fear and intention
                       G                                     F# 
and if you think that they~re listening
           A                 G                       Eb           B         Bb 
well...you~ve got to be joking
               Bb                 Db 
oh you understand change
       C                                         B 
and you think it~s essential
                                   Bb                 G               F#               A         G           Eb             B 
but when your profession is humiliation
                 Bb                 G             F# 
say the wrong words to our children
               A 
we~ll have you
       G                   Eb             B 
oh yes, we~ll have you
             Bb                     Db 
lay a hand on our children
                   C                                   B                 Bb 
and it~s never too late to have you
 Bb                         Db                 C 
mucous on your collar
                                               B                     Bb 
a nail up through the staff chair
       G                       F#                       A 
a blade in your soap pan
         G                           Eb 
you cry into your pillow
 B         Bb                         G           F# 
to be finished would be a relief
             A                           G           Eb 
to be finished would be a relief
 B         Bb                                       Db 
to be finished would be a relief
             C                                         B 
to be finished would be a relief
             Bb                                       Db 
to be finished would be a relief
             C                                         B 
to be finished would be a relief
(my favourite part of the song...where it all begins to make sense)

 Bb                 Db                       C                 B 
Okay, that guitar riff (which is repeated six times) is played with the Bb,

                 Bb                 G             F# 
say the wrong words to our children
               A 
we~ll have you
       G                   Eb 
oh yes, we~ll have you
 B         Bb         G         F# 
lay a hand on our children
                   A                 G             Eb               B 
and it~s never too late to have you
             Bb                                   Db 
to be finished would be a relief
             C                                         B 
to be finished would be a relief
             Bb                                       Db 
to be finished would be a relief
             C                                         B 
to be finished would be a relief
             Bb                         G           F# 
to be finished would be a relief
             A                           G                     Eb       B 
to be finished would be a relief

 Bb                 Db                       C                 B 
The bass and everything fades and that lovely orchestra thing comes in and
everything sort of fades from there.   You have to escuse my over transcribing