Sat In Your Lap

[Intro] Gm  Dm

Gm          Dm
  I see the people working
Gm        Dm
  And see it working for them
Gm       Dm
  And so I want to join in
Gm         Dm
  But then I find it hurts me

Em     D#                   D4  
Some say that knowledge is 
                C
something sat in your lap
Em     D#                
 Some say that knowledge is 
   D4                  C
something that you never have

Gm          Dm
I see the people happy
Gm          Dm
So can it happen for me?
Gm          Dm
'Cause when I am unhappy
Gm          Dm
There's nothing that can move me

Em     D#                   D4  
Some say that knowledge is 
          C
something that you never have
Em     D#                   D4  
Some say that knowledge is 
                C
something sat in your lap

Em      D#                 C
  Some say that heaven is hell
Em      D#               C
  Some say that hell is heaven

C          D#   A#               
 I must admit, just when I think I'm
G#
 king
          C
(I just begin.)
              D#          A#      
Just when I think I'm king, I must
    G#
 admit
           C
(I just begin.)
              D#       A#
Just when I think I'm king
G#
 (I just begin.)

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Gm          Dm
I've been doing it for years
Gm          Dm
My goal is moving near
Gm          Dm
It says, "Look! I'm over here."
Gm          Dm
Then it up and disappears

Some say that knowledge is something
 sat in your lap

Some say that knowledge is 
ho-ho-ho-ho

Gm          Dm
I want to be a lawyer
Gm          Dm
I want to be a scholar
Gm          Dm
But I really can't be bothered
Gm          Dm
Ooh, just gimme it quick, gimme it, 
gimme gimme gimme gimme!

Em     D#                   D4  
Some say that knowledge is ho ho
     C
 ho
Em     D#                   D4  
Some say that knowledge is ho ho
     C
 ho
Em      D#                 C
  Some say that heaven is hell
Em      D#               C
  Some say that hell is heaven

I must admit, just when I think I'm 
king

(I just begin.)

Just when I think I'm king, I must 
admit

(I just begin.)

Just when I think everything's going
 great

(I just begin,)

C           D#                
 I get the break, hey, I'm gonna 
    A#    G#
take it all (I just begin.)
C          D# A# G#
 When I'm king    (just begin.)

Gm          Dm
In my dome of ivory
Gm          Dm
A home of activity
Gm          Dm
I want the answers quickly
Gm          Dm
But I don't have no energy

Gm          Dm
I hold a cup of wisdom
Gm          Dm
But there is nothing within
Gm          Dm
My cup, she never overfloweth

Gm            Dm                 
  And 'tis I that moan- and 
Gm  Dm !!!!!
groaneth

Gm       Dm
  Some grey and white matter
Gm             Dm !!!!!
 "Give me the karma, mama!"
Gm     Dm                Gm Dm !!!!!
  I'm coming up the ladder
Gm     Dm
  I'm coming up the ladder
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  "A jet to Mecca,"
Gm Dm
   Up the ladder
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  "Tibet or Jeddah
Gm     Dm !!!!!
  "To Salisbury
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  A monastery
Gm     Dm !!!!!
  The longest journey
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  Across the desert
Gm  Dm !!!!!
  Across the weather
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  Across the elements
Gm   Dm !!!!!
  Across the water!"