Jesse Welles – College (Guitar)

          C                               G
I'm gonna tell you all a tale that's been told to me a time or two

  C                          F
A thing you oughta do if you wanna be a good repute

               C
Better go to a college

           G
Take out a loan

        C
Move on back in with your folks

             F
Cause you'll never own a home

           C
And work a couple of gigs

         E7                     Am
That you don't need a degree to do

Am
Deliver some food

    F
And live with the guilt

         G                     C
That the misery you built's on you

  C                  G
A long time ago in a town far away

       C                        F
People told me if I wanna see a brighter day

         C
Then you better hit books boy

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You better earn a degree

        F
I never knew the whole country'd

        G                   C
Get the same damn trophy as me

        F                 C
They're glad to take your money

F                 C
Glad to take your time

        F              C
Glad to put you all in debt

           G
Before you ever eran a dime

    E7
You might make a connection

                       Am
If you can weather the haze

               F
They shove you through like cattle

           G               C
And hand diplomas out like hay

          C
There's a mutually agreed upon

G
Mediocrity

            C
Between the teachers and the students

      F
And administrative faculty

C
You pretend to try

E7                           Am
They'll pretend you earn the grade

       F
But if everybody's here

        G               C
How the hell are we all great?

F            C
College is a racket

   F              C
No matter how you stack it

F          C
Little tax bandits

       G
With a 4 year plan, it's a

E7
Lucrative endeavor

                     Am
Sold with a moral component

            F
The road to hell is

                  G
Paved with good intentions

           C
And good diplomas

C
Now when it's time to toss the hat

         G
Well the troubles just begining

          C
Cause you know there ain't a job

        F
And the loan won't be forgiven

            C
What little you know now

E7                     Am
You probably oughta forget

      F
Well, you should've been a plumber

           G                    C
Now you're dumber and deeper in debt

        F                             G                    C
Can you really call it living without 40 grand around your neck

C
Now if you wanna be a doctor

          G
Or if you wanna build a bridge

       C
Better get the sheet of paper

       F
Better slap it on your fridge

           C
But if you need to make a living

E7                    Am
Brother don't make it hard

         F
Skip the adderall prescription

      A
Get a YouTube subscription

      G
And a laptop

                   G C
And a library card