Johnny Cash – Straight As In Love (Guitar)

          Fm
Well, the readin' and the writin' and arithmetic

                         F
never did get through to me.

   Fm
It ain't because I'm square or thick cause I 

               F
learned my A B C's. 

           Fm
But when I graduated from the grammar school

                      F
and I moved one grade above, I began to be a 

Fm                                        F
snook at books but I made straight A's in love.

         Bb                              Gm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,

        F
but I'd bring home C's and D's.

    Bb                                        F
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid

       G                                  F
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and 

             C
the front of me?

       Fm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they 

                   F
oughta give me one above.

          Bb                          Gm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,

    C                    F
I'd have straight A's in love.

Fm
Now, in my senior year with graduation near I did my 

Gm             Fm
homework every night.

Fm
And when my momma said I oughta go to bed I'd turn out 

Gm      F
all the lights.

C      Fm
But my sweetie pie was waitin' right outside, she'd be 

a-cooin' like a dove.

         Bb                                       C
Though I did my best, I failed semester test, but made 

                F
straight A's in love.

         Bb                              Gm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,

        F
but I'd bring home C's and D's.

    Bb                                        F
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid

       G                                  F
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and 

             C
the front of me?

       Fm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they 

                   F
oughta give me one above.

          Bb                          Gm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,

    C                    F
I'd have straight A's in love.