College Chords
College by Matt The Electrician is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, Bb, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F C G C (x2)
verse 1
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
And I never paid it and I'm still not gonna
F C
I never got my report card
G C
But I didn't go to class and I didn't work hard
F C
So I didn't wanna know how bad I did
G Bb C
But I know I never made the dean's list
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a baker or a candlestick maker
Am Em
You still have to wait in line
F G
At the bank drive through and the train tracks too
F C
Behind people like me with no degree
G C
'Cause I know the conductor and he knows me
F C
You might have a nicer car, but I've traveled pretty far
G Bb C
And all I have is an old guitar
Bridge F C G C (x2)
verse 2
F C
Forty bucks for a bag of weed
G C
In the summer nineteen ninety three
F C
Forty dollars is all I have
G Bb C
And it isn't mine, it belongs to my parents
F C
Oh, five hundred points for a roll of cookie dough
G C
In the cafeteria they got sloppy joes
F C
And the sloppy joes cost three points
G Bb C
I won't eat in the spring but hey, cookie dough
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a diver or a big rig driver
Am Em
You still have to go to the store
F G
And share the road with a wide load
F C
Who's taking up all three lanes
G C
And you can't get around him it's a big pain
F C
And the driver hasn't slept in three whole days
G C
But he knows one thing and that's freeways
F C
He's got a Gatorade bottle where he goes pee
G Bb C
And you're behind him with your college degree
verse 3/Outro
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
So I never paid it and I'm still not gonna..