Chords for Finbar Furey - School Days Over

Tempo:
153.8 bpm
Chords used:

B

E

F#

C#m

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Finbar Furey - School Days Over chords
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[B] School day's over, come on then Jim, time to be getting your papers on your sack
Your molesting [E] trousers, time you're on your way, [B] time you're layering your pitmasters on, [E] earning your [F#] pitmasters pay
[B] Come on then Jim, it's [C#m] [B] time to go,
[E] time you're working [B] down, time to be handling the pick and [E] shovel you start at the pits today
[B] Time to be [E] learning the collier's [B] job [C#m] and earning a [F#] collier's pay
[B] Come on then, it's nearly late,
[E] time you're off to the
[B] anthracite, the morning mist, [G#m] it's on the valley, it's [E] time you [B] were on your [E]
way
[B] Time you're earning a miner's job, [E] earning a [F#] miner's pay
[B] School [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] day's over, come on then Jim,
[E] time to be getting your [B] papers on your sack
[G#m] Your molesting [E] trousers, time you're on your way, [B] time you're layering your pitmasters on, [E] earning your [F#] pitmasters pay
[B] Come on then Jim, [E]
come on [B] then Jim, come on then Jim, [E]
[B] [E]
school [B] day's over
[E] [B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B]
Key:  
B
12341112
E
2311
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
G#m
123111114
B
12341112
E
2311
F#
134211112
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To learn Finbar Furey, Bill Shanley, Andrew Holdsworth, Martin Furey & Shayne Ward - Schooldays Over chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - B, E and B. A good strategy is to initiate at 76 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 154 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: B Major.

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[B] _ School day's over, _ _ come on then Jim, _ _ _ _ time to be getting your papers _ on your sack
Your molesting [E] trousers, time you're on your way, _ [B] _ time you're layering your pitmasters on, [E] earning your [F#] pitmasters pay
_ [B] Come _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
on then Jim, _ _ _ it's [C#m] [B] time to go, _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] time you're working [B] down, _ time to be handling the pick and [E] shovel you start at the pits today
_ _ [B] Time to be [E] learning the collier's [B] job [C#m] and earning a [F#] collier's pay
_ [B] Come on then, _ _ it's nearly late, _ _ _
_ _ [E] time you're off to the _
[B] anthracite, the morning mist, [G#m] it's on the valley, it's [E] time you [B] were on your [E]
way
_ [B] Time you're earning a miner's job, [E] _ earning a [F#] miner's pay
[B] School _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ day's over, _ _ come on then Jim, _ _ _
_ _ [E] time to be getting your [B] papers on your sack
[G#m] Your molesting [E] trousers, time you're on your way, _ [B] time you're layering your pitmasters on, [E] _ earning your [F#] pitmasters pay
_ [B] Come on _ _ then _ _ _ _ Jim, _ _ [E]
come on [B] then Jim, come on then Jim, _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
school [B] day's over
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This track, written by Ewan MacColl, is part of the album The Last Great Lovesong.

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