Intro: 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

Solo:   Am6/C A/B
        A/B E
        C#m F#m7


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

Solo: C#m C4  C6

              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           C7-9
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

Solo: Dm F Dm

              F       Dm
Beauty school drop-out,
           F6/9
go back to high school