Chords for Alice Babs Swing it magistern på Skurups folkhögskola 1957

It was once a school with a [C] teacher in his son
[Gm] He was so kind and protective
[F] _ [Bb] And the children they could only [C] practice scales all day long
The lessons had become [F] too much
[D] But one of the pupils got [Gm] tired one beautiful day
[C] He sat down and rested [F] and said
Swing it, teacher, [Bb] swing it, [F] it's the melody of the times
[Bb] _
[F] Do as we [Bb] do, be happy and free, [A] you can't afford to be
Give [F] all your energy and swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing it
[F] It's the song of the [Bb] times
_ [F] All together, go once
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ White [Bb] land, it's [Eb] nothing for us
[F] Snow, the [C] date of the dream, what will be, what will [Cm] be
It's not for us, we swing it, [Gm] teacher, swing [F] it
It's your [Bb] own song, [F] the rhythm of [Gm] the festival
The [Cm] darkness, listen now, for I will
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] Swing it, _ [Bb] teacher, swing _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] it, [F] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] it's the [Bb] melody of the times
[F] Do as [Bb] we do, be happy and [A] free, you can't afford [Dm] to be
Give all your energy and swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing [F] it
It's the [Gm] song of the times
[F] All [Gm] together, go [Cm] once _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
Once upon a time there was a school with a [C] teacher
_ [Cm] He woke up and was very kind and kind
[F] And _ [Bb] the children, they could only [C] practice the scales all day
The lessons had become [F] two
_ [D] But one of the students got [Gm] tired one beautiful [C] day
He got up and stood [F] up and _ said
Swing it, teacher, [Bb] swing it, [F] it's the [Bb] melody of the times
[F] Do as we do, [Bb] be happy and free, [A] you can't afford to be
Give all [F] your energy and swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing it
[F] It's the [Bb] song of the times
_ [F] All [Bb] together, go once
[Cm] The [C] _ _
[Eb] _ white [Bb] land is nothing [Eb] for [F] us _ _ _
_ It's supposed to be clear
Swing it, [Gm] teacher, swing it, [F] it's the [Bb] song of the times
[F] It's rhythm and party and fun and [Cm] fun
Listen now, try to do
[G] _ _ _
[Cm] Swing it, swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing [F] it
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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
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[F] Oh, swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing [Cm] it, it's the [Bb] melody of the times
_ [F] Do as [Bb] we do, be happy and [A] free, you can't afford to be
Give [F] all your energy and swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing [F] it
It's the [Gm] song of the times
[F] All [Gm] together, go [Cm] once _
_ [Eb] _ The white land [Bb] is nothing [Eb] for us
[F] _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
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[Cm] Do as we do, _ [Eb] be happy and free, [Ab] _ [Cm] you can't _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
afford to be
Once _ upon a time there was a school with a [C] teacher
_ [Gm] He was so kind and gentle
[F] And [Bb] the children were only allowed to [C] practice the scales all day
The lessons had become [F] boring
But [D] one of the students [Gm] got tired one beautiful [C] day
He sat down and rested [F] and said
Swing it, teacher, [Bb] swing it, it's the [Bb] melody of the times
[F] Do as we do, [Gm] be happy and free, you [A] can't afford to be
Give all [F] your energy and swing it, [Bb] teacher, swing it
[F] It's the song [Bb] of the times
_ [F] All together, [Bb] go once
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _