Chords for Frankie Avalon - Beauty School Dropout - 8.27.22 Rivers Casino

[Eb] That's what I'm talking about.
Me, you, and my_
_ _ _ _ _ Your story's sad to tell,
_ [Fm] A [Ab] teenage nair [Bb] do well. _ _
[Gm] Most mid-size, not [Cm] the late ones,
[Fm] On the block.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
Your [Gm] _ future's so unclear now,
_ [Ab] What's left of your career [Db] now?
_ _ [Gm] Can't even get a [Cm] trade _ on [B] your _ [F] smile. _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
Oh, [Eb] beauty school dropout.
_ [Cm] _ No [Fm] graduation day [Bb] for you, [Fm] [Eb] beauty school [Bb] dropout.
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] Mr.
Midterms and [Bb] a flunked shampoo.
[Eb] Well, at least you could have [Cm] taken time
[Fm] to wash and [Bb] clean your clothes up.
[Gm]
After spending [Cm] all that dough to have [F] the doctor fix [Bb] your nose up,
maybe get moving.
_ [Cm] _
_ But if you're full of hope, [Bb] don't lie.
You've _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] got the dream, but [Bb] not the drive.
If [Eb] you vote for your love for a while,
[Ab] you could join a [F] spin-off group.
Turn in [Gm] your [Cm] cheesy coat [F] and [Bb] go back to [Eb] high school.
[Cm] Oh, _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [B] _ beauty [E] school dropout.
[Dbm] _ _ [Gb] Hanging around the corner [B] store, oh, beauty [E] school dropout.
[Dbm] _
Well, [Gbm] it's about time you threw the [B] score.
Well, [E] they couldn't teach you [Dbm] anything.
_ [Gbm] You'd think you're such [B] a lucker.
[Abm] But no customer [Dbm] would go to [Gb] you unless she was [B] a hunker.
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
[B] Baby, don't stir _ [Dbm] it.
Don't [Gbm] cut up the [B] whole job.
You better [E] forget _ _ [Dbm] it.
Well, who wants their hair done by [B] a slob?
[E] Not your bangs or curls, glasses twirl.
[A] Still, the world [D] is you.
Drive [Abm] off that [Dbm] angel face [Gbm] and [B] go back to [E] high [A] school.
_ [B] _ Oh, [E] baby, don't blow it.
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Gb] Don't put my good advice [B] to shame.
Baby, [E] you know it.
[Dbm] _ _
[Gbm] Leave it.
Dear Abby, [B] say the same.
[E] Can I call the shot?
It'll pop.
[A] I really gotta [Am] fly.
[D] _ _ _
[Eb] I gotta [E] be golden [Dbm] to _ [Eb] have _ [Gbm] that mugshot _ _
[B] in _ _ the _ [Db] _
[E] sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Beauty school dropout.
_ [Dbm] _ Go back [E] to high school.
_ [Dbm] _
_ [E] Beauty school dropout.
_ [Db] Go back to high [G] school.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] From Greece. _ _ _ _
I really enjoyed doing that.
You know, _ we just lost [D] another one.
Olivia Newton-John just passed away.
And I gotta say something.
When we [Eb] were doing that picture, we [A] did that picture, we started making the picture in [Ebm] 1977.
They [G] released it in [Gb] 1978.
[N] And I had the opportunity to [Ab] have a lot of good [A] times with Olivia.
I [B] was on the [N] film for about seven days to do that one song.
[A] And, of course, they were filming the entire picture, so I would get to have [Gb] lunch with [A] Travolt and Olivia.
And, of course, as in our business, time [Bb] goes by, [A] who goes here, who goes there, this, whatever.
But not [Ab] too long ago, I'd say [Ebm] maybe _ [Fm] about six months ago or so, [Bb] I was in a town close to Los Angeles there [A] called [Bbm] San Diego.
_ [Bb] And I went into the little town there, and I'm going by [Ebm] the different shops.
And the gal who owned the shop came over to me.
She said, you're Frankie Avalon, [D] is he?
I said, yeah.
She said, oh, my God, [B] you know who comes in here all the time?
I'm so friendly with her [N] now, Olivia Newton-John.
I said, really?
She said, oh, she's here all the time.
We talk on the phone constantly.
I thought [D] for a moment, and I said, could you do me a favor?
_ Can [A] you call her [N] and tell her that I'm here and that I would love to say hello?
She said, hold on.
She went back.
She got her phone.
She called Olivia, handed me the phone, and we had a conversation just a few months ago.
And we talked about, you know, making the film and having a good time.
She said to me, Frankie, do you believe the success of that motion picture around this world?
I said, yeah.
I said, we had so much fun doing it.
She said, we surely did.
So that was the last time.
We had a nice conversation with her. _ _
We _ _ _ _ had no idea how [Gb] it would do at the box office.
So when it came out, [Dbm] it was a tremendous success.
And then through the years, more and more and more [Gbm] younger generations [Bb] started to get a hold of Grease and loved it.
And to this day, it is the [N] highest grossing musical film of all time. _
_ _ _ _ And Ray, who's my conductor, and I'll tell you, I don't know where you get this information, Ray.
Do you make it up?
Because he's a lot of fun. _ _ _ _
Ray, he just said to me, Frankie, it's still number one in Mexico.
_ [Bb] _ _ Right, Ray?
[N] But you said, but they have a different name for it.
They don't call it Grease.
They call it _ Vaselina. _ _ _
That is funny.
_ You're a funny guy.
_ _ _ But, you know, I'd like for you all to say hello to my co-conductor, Ranger Pinnis.
He's a man who's outstanding in his field.
_ [Ab] And that's where we found him.
He [Gb] was outstanding [N] in his field.
You got that [Gm] one, huh?
That's a [N] really a hooter.
_ _ _ He's a man _ who is, yeah.
_ I think he passed away.
_ I don't know what I'd do without him.
But he's so loyal to helping Curtis and kind of being cheerful, thrifted.
Ray, I'm giving you a nice little build up here for all the work that you've [Bb] done all your life.
Wait a minute, look at [Ebm] you.
I didn't realize, though, this year's on [Gb] stage, [N] you're really a big guy.
_ [Bb] I mean, I'm 6'3".
How [N] tall can you be?
You've got to be a giant.
_ Let me ask you something. _
Very soon, have you had your shot? _ _
_ Not that kind of a shot.
No, seriously, did you have your second shot too?
No, no, come on, stop it.
[Dm] Ladies and gentlemen, [Bb] he's my friend.
He's a great, great, great conductor.
Say [A] hello to Ray [N] Kineski.
Ray Hall.
_ _ He's wrong, he's a failure.
_ _ _ Right now, friends, I'm going to take you all