| f | Beauty School Dropout - Frankie Avalon | f | Beauty School Dropout - Frankie Avalon |
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| n | [Verse 1 (Single Strum)] | n | [Verse 1] {blue}(Single Strum){/blue} |
| C Am Dm G | | C Am Dm G |
| Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well | | Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well |
| Em Am Dm | | Em Am Dm |
| Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block [G] | | Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block [G] |
| Em A Dm G | | Em A Dm G |
| Your future's so unclear now, What's left of your career now | | Your future's so unclear now, What's left of your career now |
| C Am F | | C Am F |
| Can't even get a trade-in on your smock [G] | | Can't even get a trade-in on your smock [G] |
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| t | [Instrumental (Strumming)] | t | [Instrumental] {blue}(Strumming){/blue} |
| (C)(Am)(Dm)(G) x2 | | (C)(Am)(Dm)(G) x2 |
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| |Chorus 1: | | |Chorus 1: |
| | C Am Dm G | | | C Am Dm G |
| |Beauty school drop-out, no graduation day for you | | |Beauty school drop-out, no graduation day for you |
| | C Am Dm G | | | C Am Dm G |
| |Beauty school drop-out, missed your midterms and flunked shampoo | | |Beauty school drop-out, missed your midterms and flunked shampoo |
| | C Am Dm G | | | C Am Dm G |
| |Well at least you could have taken time to wash and clean your clothes up | | |Well at least you could have taken time to wash and clean your clothes up |
| | Em Am Dm G | | | Em Am Dm G |
| |After spending all that dough to have the doctor fix your nose up | | |After spending all that dough to have the doctor fix your nose up |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| C Am Dm G | | C Am Dm G |
| Baby get moving why keep your feeble hopes alive | | Baby get moving why keep your feeble hopes alive |
| C Am Dm G | | C Am Dm G |
| What are you proving? You've got the dream, but not the drive | | What are you proving? You've got the dream, but not the drive |
| C C+ F Fm | | C C+ F Fm |
| If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool | | If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool |
| C G C | | C G C |
| Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school [Am] [Dm] [G] | | Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school [Am] [Dm] [G] |
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| |Chorus 2: | | |Chorus 2: |
| | C | | | C |
| |Beauty school drop-out, [Am] | | |Beauty school drop-out, [Am] |
| | Dm G | | | Dm G |
| |hangin' around the corner store | | |hangin' around the corner store |
| | C | | | C |
| |Beauty school drop-out, [Am] | | |Beauty school drop-out, [Am] |
| | F G | | | F G |
| |it's about time you knew the score | | |it's about time you knew the score |
| | C Am | | | C Am |
| |Well they couldn't teach you anything, | | |Well they couldn't teach you anything, |
| | Dm G | | | Dm G |
| |you think you're such a looker | | |you think you're such a looker |
| | Em Am | | | Em Am |
| |But no customer would go to you, | | |But no customer would go to you, |
| |un[Dm]less she was a [G*] hooker! | | |un[Dm]less she was a [G*] hooker! |
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| Verse 3: | | Verse 3: |
| C | | C |
| Baby don't sweat it, [Am] | | Baby don't sweat it, [Am] |
| Dm G | | Dm G |
| you're not cut out to hold a job | | you're not cut out to hold a job |
| C | | C |
| Better forget it, [Am] | | Better forget it, [Am] |
| F G | | F G |
| who wants their hair done by a slob | | who wants their hair done by a slob |
| C C+ | | C C+ |
| Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled, | | Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled, |
| F Fm | | F Fm |
| But still the world is cruel | | But still the world is cruel |
| C Am Dm G C | | C Am Dm G C |
| Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school [G] | | Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school [G] |
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| Bridge: | | Bridge: |
| C | | C |
| Baby don't blow it, [Am] | | Baby don't blow it, [Am] |
| Dm G | | Dm G |
| don't put my good advice to shame | | don't put my good advice to shame |
| C | | C |
| Baby you know it, [Am] | | Baby you know it, [Am] |
| F G | | F G |
| Even Dear Abby'd say the same | | Even Dear Abby'd say the same |
| C C+ F Fm | | C C+ F Fm |
| Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly | | Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly |
| [Slowly] | | [Slowly] |
| C Dm G C | | C Dm G C |
| Gotta be goin' to that malt shop .... in the sky [Am] [C] [Am] | | Gotta be goin' to that malt shop .... in the sky [Am] [C] [Am] |
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| Outro: | | Outro: |
| C | | C |
| Beauty school drop-out, [Am] | | Beauty school drop-out, [Am] |
| C | | C |
| go back to high school [Am] | | go back to high school [Am] |
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| C | | C |
| Beauty school drop-out, [Am] | | Beauty school drop-out, [Am] |
| C | | C |
| go back to high school [Am] | | go back to high school [Am] |
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| C | | C |
| Beauty school drop-out, [Am] | | Beauty school drop-out, [Am] |
| C | | C |
| go back to high school | | go back to high school |
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