School Is Out Chords
by Cat Stevens
School Is Out by Cat Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, D, D7, C, Bb and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro)
G F D
school is out now; we're gonna have some fun.
G F D D7
we're gonna make like we are the only ones.
(verse 1)
G F G G C Bb G F G D7
i'm gonna buy a piece of the sky and sell pas-sing clouds.
C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7
i'm gonna be a mayor of some small town and tax the crowds.
G F G G C Bb G F G D7
i'm gonna be a local sur-vey-or and study the fore-man guilds.
C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7
i'm gonna line up some of the fin-est girls that are in the world!
(Chorus 1)
G F
We're coming out of school to-day
C D
And we're so happy to be a-live.
C D G C D7
It's gonna be the best day the best day of our li-i-ives.
(instrumental Chorus) G F C D C D G C D7
(interlude) G D (x3) G
(break)
G F
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G F G
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(verse 2)
G F G G C Bb G F G D7
i'm gonna be a history ma-ker; i'll call myself rich-ard the third.
C Bb C C F Eb C Bb C D7
i'm gonna buy an ampli-fi-er and shout out) "have you heard?"
(Chorus 2)
G F
We're coming out of school to-day
C D
And we're so happy to be a-live.
C D G C D7
It's gonna be the best day the best day of our li-i-ives.
(Instrumental Chorus) G F C D C D G C D7
(interlude) G D (x3) G
(coda)
G D
We're coming out of school to-day baby
G D
We're coming out of school to-day baby
G D
We're coming out of school to-day baby...
(repeat to fade)