Misc Soundtrack – Fame - The Teachers Argument (Ukulele)

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ONG: The Teacher's Argument ARTIST: Michael Gore From the musical, Fame
Dm                    Dm/C  
Artists are special celestial fools

Dm/B                        A#  
blessed with the talent for breaking the rules

    Dm         /C          /B      A#      Gm7  
I'm fit for confinement in cubicle schools

A#/C  Am/C   Gm/C   
artists are 

A#/F  F
special
Dsus/E A7sus A7
Dm                     /C  
Artists are people not primitive fools

     Dm/B                    /A#  
they learn what to do before breaking the rules

     Dm/A          /G#          C/G       F     Dm7  
they know that the brain is the finest of tools

F/G  Em/G   Dm/G   
artists are 

F/C  C
people

D#                    C7  
Whether in theatre or music or dance

     D#                   C7  
they have to be given the chance

   A#         Am                 Gm 
to fly by the seat of their pants

                 Gm
to develop their minds and be nurtured

     A7sus
like plants
A7sus A7
Dm
Artists are part of the same human race
as everyone else in the same bloody place
    F/A         /G#         C/G          F   D7  
you learn to survive or you fall on your face

          Gm   C   
artist or not

A7        Dm (5 bars)
artist or not
A7sus A7 Fm7 I've seen them come and go for all these years
Fm7                                                        D#maj7
kids with no talent for anything more than carrying spears
another year another shipment
            C#/G                                 F#/C   C7b5
lacking the drive or the style or the basic equipment
Fno3rd this one is different. Ano3rd
              D      F#7   Bm         A  
And i can see me then, unremarkable me

               D            D7  
the kid in the ballet class

               G             C#  
the princess i wanted to be

         F#m         F  
tutu and pointe shoes

          Em   D#  
hair in a bun

             A#       D#  
completely unnoticed 

             A7sus4
as if i were no one

            Dm                   /C  
this one is different i tell you

             G/B   Gm/A#    A7   
this one can dance

            Dm
this one is special i tell you
A# G Cno3rd (5 bars) give him a chance Fno3rd Gno3rd (2 bars) What did they tell me when i was a girl Learn... Day after day when i was a girl Learn...
    B
The land of dreams waits over the meadow

C#
if you can find a way
out of the ghetto
D      E
learn, learn

         A               G    D
put your faith in books
that will protect you
         A              G    D
put your faith in books
and a mind of your own
        A              G    D    C 
neither charm or looks
will make them respect you you must learn to stand you must learn to stand alone this one is different put your faith in books this one can dance put your faith in books artists are special artists are people this one must have the chance this one must have the chance.