No Education Chords by Lightnin Hopkins

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Got no education, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm _ _ _ just a fool in your town. _
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_ No education, _ [A] _ _
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I'm just [E] another fool in town. _ _
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Yeah, the first day I went to school, _
[A] _ _ yeah, that sucker burned down.
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_ _ I can't _ read, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ can't even write my name. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I [A] can't _ read, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can't even write [Em] my name. _
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_ Yeah, but ain't none of your [B] fault.
_ _ [E] _ Poor Lightning lived to blame. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Mama done all she _ could.
Yeah, she did, boy.
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Yeah, just send [E] this black man to school. _
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Yeah, she done all she [A] could. _ _ _
_ [E] Send this black boy to school. _ _
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Yeah, the first day I went there, do you know? _ _
_ [E] Boy, I broke my teacher's rule. _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ Yes, I broke it.
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_ [B] _ Ain't it [E] a shame? _
Ain't it a shame? _ _ _ _
_ [A] Way things happened to me.
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_ _ Ain't it a shame?
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_ Way [E] things happened to me. _
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[E] I went to school only one [B] day, and I _ didn't [E] learn my _ _ _ ABCs.
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Bad luck happened to me. _ _ _
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