Intro Bb A G E Bb A G

E Naughty boys in nasty schools, head-G masters breaking all the rules
A Having fun and playing fools
Bb Smashing up the A woodwork G tools

E All the teachers in the pub, G passing round the ready-rub
A Trying not to think of when
The Bb lunch-time bell will A ring a-G gain.

A Oh what fun we Am had, but E did it really Em turn out bad
A All I learnt at Am school was
B how to bend not break the rules

A Oh what fun we Am had, but E at the time it Em seemed so bad
A Trying different Am ways
To B make a difference Bb to A… The G head-

E masters had enough today, G all the kids have gone away
A Gone to fight with next-doors school
Bb Every term, that A is the G rule

E Sits alone and bends his cane, G same old backsides again
A All the small ones tell tall tales
Bb Walking home and A squashing G snails.

A Oh what fun we Am had but E did it really Em turn out bad
A All I learnt at Am school was
B how to bend not break the rules

A Oh what fun we Am had but E at the time it Em seemed so bad
A Trying different Am ways
To B make a difference B to C the

Instr C#m Ebm C#m Bbm x 3 C#m Ebm C#m Bb A G# G
             days

E Lots of girls and lots of boys, G lots of smells and lots of noise
A Playing football in the park
Bb Kicking pushbikes A after G dark

E Baggy trousers, dirty shirt, G pulling hair and eating dirt
A Teacher comes to break it up
Bb Back of the ‘ead with a A plastic G cup

A Oh what fun we Am had but E did it really Em turn out bad
A All I learnt at Am school was
B how to bend not break the rules

A Oh what fun we Am had but E at the time it Em seemed so bad
A Trying different Am ways
To B make a difference B to C the

Instr C#m Ebm C#m Bbm x 3 C#m Ebm C#m Bb A G# G
             days

E Baggy trousers, G baggy trousers, A baggy trousers Bb A G# G
E Baggy trousers, G baggy trousers, A baggy trousers Bb A G# G
E Baggy trousers… (rep. y desap.)