History Lessons

Intro(Dm,C)

 Dm            G       C     
Look what you get for following 
    Dm
leaders,
 Dm                 G     C      
who lead from the rear - where 
        Dm
are they now?
 Dm            G       C     
Look what you get for following 
    Dm
leaders,
 Dm                G       C
who lead from the rear - where are 
they...
 C
Where are they now?

 Dm           G       C   
What did we learn in history 
     Dm
lessons?
 Dm          G           C        
How to sit quiet at the back of a 
 Dm
class
 Dm           G      C   
with so many things open to 
     Dm
questions,
      Dm          G            C 
it's too late to cry - there's no
        Dm
 one to ask.

  C                       Dm
Life's an education - a multiple 
equation,
  C                          Dm
everybody finds their own solution 
in the end.
     C                     Dm
"To be or not to be" is a very 
lengthy question,
      C                            
has somebody please got a sharpened
   Dm
 pencil they can lend?


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 G           C        F   
What did we learn in history 
     Dm
lessons?
 G           C           F        
How to sit quiet at the back of a 
 Dm
class
     G         C     F   
with so many things open to 
     Dm
questions,
     G            C            F 
it's too late to cry - there's no
        Dm
 one to ask.


  Dm            C Dm
Marching in time
 Dm                  C Dm
down a production line,
 Dm                    C Dm
what did that teach you
       Dm                    C Dm
about life in the dole queue?

     Dm                     Am
The Law of Relativity - (life's 
relative misery).
     C                        
The Law of Probability - (it's 
    Dm
probably contrived).
  Dm                           Am
Newton's Law of Gravity - (we face a
 grave reality).
     C                           
The Law that runs the jungle - (only
Dm
 the strong survive).

Dm, Am, C
Dm, G, C

 Dm            G       C     
Look what you get for following 
    Dm
leaders,
 Dm                 G     C      
who lead from the rear - where 
        Dm
are they now?

     C                          
The path of least resistance - a 
   Dm
blank text book existence,
  C                             
don't expect to find the answers 
  Dm
printed at the back.
       C                       Dm
The only sound advice that's carried
 me through life -
          C                        
when the cards are stacked against 
                Dm
you - play the joker in the pack.


 G           C        F   
What did we learn in history 
     Dm
lessons?
 G           C           F        
How to sit quiet at the back of a 
 Dm
class
     G         C     F   
with so many things open to 
     Dm
questions,
     G            C            F 
it's too late to cry - there's no
        Dm
 one to ask.


  Dm            C Dm
Marching in time
 Dm                  C Dm
down a production line,
 Dm                    C Dm
what did that teach you
       Dm                    C Dm
about life in the dole queue?