New Math

C                      Bbdim     
Now that's really four tens so 
                Dm/A
you make it three tens,
                 Abdim    G7      
Regroup, and you change a ten to 
   C
ten ones,
                      Bbdim      
And you add'em to the two and get 
                 Dm/A      G7/B
twelve, And you take away three, 
          C
that's nine.
                B
Is that clear?

       Em                  
Now instead of four in the tens 
Em/Eb                 Em/D       
place you've got three, 'Cause 
              Em/Db
you added one,
                Em/C
That is to say, ten, to the two,
        Em/B                  Em  
But you can't take seven from 
          Em/Eb       Em
three, So you look in the hundreds 
place.

Em                 Em/Eb         
From the three you then use one -
    Em/D
 to make ten ones...
         Em/Db        Em/C   Em/B
(And you know why 4 + (-1) + 10 
     B           Em         
is 14 - 1? 'Cause addition is 
      G
commutative, Right!)
    C/G                    Dm/A   
And so you've got thirteen tens 
                G7/B             
and you take away seven, and that 
      C
leaves five...

Well, six actually... But the idea 
is the important thing!

C                  Bbdim
Now go back to the hundreds place,
       Dm/A                   
You're left with two, And you 
Abdim              C/G           
take away one from two, And that 
      Ddim/F#
leaves...?
                   Dm/F
Everybody get one?  Not bad for the 
first day!


[Chorus]
(G A B)    F         C7  B7  
Hooray for New Math, New-hoo-hoo 
Bb7 A7
Math,
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   Dm             Dm7      G7 
It won't do you a bit of good to 
     C       A7
review math.
        Dm              Eb
It's so simple, So very simple,
     G7               B  C
That only a child can do it!


[Spoken]
Now, that actually is not the answer
 that I had in mind,
because the book that I got this 
problem out of wants you to do it in
 base eight.
But don't panic! Base eight is just 
like base ten really - if you're 
missing two fingers!
Shall we have a go at it? Hang on...


    C                     Bbdim   
You can't take three from two, Two
              Dm/A
 is less than three,
                   Abdim      
So you look at the four in the 
 C/G
eights place.
C/G                    Bbdim     
Now that's really four eights, So
                   Dm/A
 you make it three eights,
                 Abdim     G7     
Regroup, and you change an eight 
        C/G                        
to eight ones, And you add'em to 
 Bbdim
the two,
                Dm/A           
And you get one-two base eight, 
          G7/B
Which is ten base ten,
        G7/B      G7          
And you take away three, that's 
  C           B
seven.  Ok?

       Em                  Em/Eb  
Now instead of four in the eights 
                  Em/D             
place, You've got three, 'Cause you
     Em/Db
 added one,
                Em/C               
That is to say, eight, to the two, 
        Em                    B/Eb
But you can't take seven from three,
                   Em
So you look at the sixty-fours...

[Spoken]
"Sixty-four? How did sixty-four get 
into it?" I hear you cry!
Well, sixty-four is eight squared, 
don't you see?
"Well, ya ask a silly question, ya 
get a silly answer!"

Em                  Em/Eb        
From the three, you then use one 
   Em/D
To make eight ones,
    Em/Db                 Em/C    
You add those ones to the three, 
               Em
And you get one-three base eight,
       B/Eb                 G7    
Or, in other words, In base ten 
                       Dm/A
you have eleven, And you take away 
seven,
    G7/B                 C
And seven from eleven is four!
C                  Bbdim     
Now go back to the sixty-fours, 
          Dm/A
You're left with two,
        Abdim              G7     
And you take away one from two, 
              D7
And that leaves?
Now, let's not always see the same 
      G7 C
hands!   One, that's right.

Whoever got one can stay after the 
show and clean the erasers.


[Chorus]
(G A B)     F        C7  B7  
Hooray for New Math, New-hoo-hoo 
Bb7 A7
Math,
   Dm             Dm7      G7 
It won't do you a bit of good to 
     C       A7
review math.
        Dm              Eb
It's so simple, So very simple,
     G7               B  C
That only a child can do it!