White’s Academy

Transpose
Year: 2002
Album: The Sky’s Awful Blue 

INTRO
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VERSE 1
 
My  
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father was a  
Gm7 
tailor
 
His  
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workshop by the  
Gm7/D 
dock
 
He’d  
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turn out farmers’  
Gm7/D 
Sunday 
 
suits
 
And  
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vanities he’d  
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mock
 
He  
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saved up for his  
Gm7 
firstborn’s
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Start most scholar
Gm7/D 
ly
 
And  
Gm7/F 
off they packed my  
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heedless 
 
head
 
To  
Gm 
White’s 
 
Acade
Gm7 
my
 
Ebadd9 
Surgeons’ sons and  
Gm7 
scriveners’ 
 
sons
 
With their  
Eb 
turn of phrase most  
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glib
Eb 
Told me I could  
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go to hell
 
And,  
C#6 
well, it  
Ab6 
seems I  
Fm9 
did 
 
 
F13 
VERSE 2
 
The  
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father proud and  
Gm7 
saintly
 
The  
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son a work-shy  
Gm7/D 
drunk
 
A  
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serving-girl from  
Gm7/D 
Charleville
 
Gave  
Ebadd9/A# 
me her final  
Abmaj7 
months
 
Her  
Ebadd9 
body with its  
Gm7 
hungry 
 
sighs
 
Her  
Ebadd9 
trusting, hopeful  
Gm7/D 
soul
 
Un  
Gm7/F 
til the breath gave  
Ebadd9 
up on her
 
All  
Gm 
that I wished I  
Gm7 
stole
 
Her  
Ebadd9 
family came to  
Gm7 
bury 
 
her
 
I  
Eb 
looked on wordless
Eb/G 
ly
 
Those  
Eb 
high-boned faces,  
Eb/G 
set from rain
 
And  
C#6 
not a  
Ab6 
glance at  
Fm9 
me 
 
 
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INTERLUDE
Eb 
 
Gm 
 
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Gm 
 
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Gm 
 
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Abmaj7 
VERSE 3
 
The  
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night is bright and  
Gm7 
cloudless
 
The  
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stars are bearing  
Gm7/D 
down
 
And  
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no one will spare a  
Gm7/D 
bite to eat
 
In this  
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mean and vanquished  
Abmaj7 
town
 
Ebadd9 
Shelter’s for the  
Gm7 
virtuous
 
Not  
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for the likes of  
Gm7/D 
me
 
Four  
Gm7/F 
hours from dawn I  
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climb up onto
Gm 
White’s 
 
Acade
Gm7 
my
 
I  
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see the rotten  
Gm7 
alleys
 
The  
Ebadd9 
marsh they partly  
Gm7/D 
fill
 
The  
Gm7/F 
wide and snaking  
Ebadd9 
river
 
And those  
Gm 
mansions on the  
Gm7 
hill
 
You must  
Ebadd9 
strike all who come  
Gm7 
near 
 
you
 
For your  
Eb 
nature so re  
Eb/G 
quires
 
Now  
Eb 
rot you easy, good  
Eb/G 
night and good day
 
There’ll  
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have to  
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be a  
Fm9 
fire
OUTRO
Fm9 
 
C#maj7 
 
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