Grease - Beauty School Dropout Chords

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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author ltm_1988 [a] 1,313.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 28, 2020

Chords

D#6/9
D#
Cm7
Fm7
A#
Gm7
C7
C#9
G#m6/B
G#/A#
Cm
G#
Gm
Bsus4
B6
E
C#m
F#m7
B
A
G#m
F#m
D9
B7-9
E6/9

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SONG: Beauty School Dropout
ARTIST: Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs
 
From the musical, Grease
 
 
[Intro]
 
D#6/9
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
     D#       -     Cm7   - Fm7       -      A# -
Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well
     Gm7     -      Cm7       -     Fm7 - A# -
Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block
     Gm7      -    C7 -
Your future's so unclear now,
       Fm7     -      C#9 -
what's left of your career now
      D#     -   Cm7       -      G#m6/B
Can't even get a trade-in on your smock
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
G#m6/B G#/A#
G#/A# D#
Cm Fm7
A#
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              D#       Cm
Beauty school drop-out, 
        Fm7           A#
no graduation day for you
              D#       Cm
Beauty school drop-out, 
               G#
missed your midterms
                A#
and flunked shampoo
        D#
Well at least you could have
Cm            Fm7                 A#
taken time to wash and clean your clothes up
      Gm                Cm                Fm7
After spending all that dough to have the doctor
         A#
fix your nose up 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
         D#     Cm
Baby get moving,
              Fm7           A#
why keep your feeble hopes alive
             D#      Cm
What are you proving?
               G#                 A#
You've got the dream, but not the drive
       D#            D#+              G#             C#9
If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool
             D#  -   Cm   -   Fm7  -  A#  -   D#
Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Cm
Bsus4
B6
 
 
[Chorus]
 
              E        C#m
Beauty school drop-out, 
         F#m7                B
hangin' around the corner store
              E        C#m
Beauty school drop-out, 
           A                 B
it's about time you knew the score
          E                  C#m
Well they couldn't teach you anything,
    F#m7                B
you think you're such a looker
       G#m            C#m
But no customer would go to you,
  F#m            B
unless she was a hooker
           E       C#m
Baby don't sweat it,
               F#m7          B
you're not cut out to hold a job
       E        C#m
Better forget it, 
                A              B
who wants their hair done by a slob
         E                      E+
Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled,
    A                  D9
But still the world is cruel
              E  -  C#m   -  F#m7  - B   -   E       B
Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
           E       C#m
Baby don't blow it, 
             F#m7           B7-9
don't put my good advice to shame
         E       C#m
Baby you know it, 
          A              B
Even Dear Abby'd say the same
         E                    E+             A            D9
Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly
         E  -  C#m  -  F#m7  -  B  -   E
Gotta be goin' to that maltshop in the sky
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
C#m
E
C#m
 
 
[Outro]
 
              E       C#m
Beauty school drop-out, 
           E6/9
go back to high school
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wrybread
Very good. I made a few minor changes, thought I'd post: Intro: arpegiate E6/9 E C#m7 F#m7 B Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well G#m7 C#m7 F#m7 B Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block G#m7 C#7 Your future's so unclear now, F#m7 D9 what's left of your career now E C#m7 Am6 (or Am6/C) A/B (A11) Can't even get a trade-in on your smock [Background vocals: Dum, de dum, de dum dum dum] E / C#m / F#m7 / B E C#m Beauty school drop-out, F#m7 B no graduation day for you E C#m Beauty school drop-out, A missed your midterms B and flunked shampoo E Well at least you could have C#m F#m7 B taken time to wash and clean your clothes up G#m C#m F#m7 After spending all that dough to have the doctor B fix your nose up E C#m Baby get moving, F#m7 B why keep your feeble hopes alive E C#m What are you proving? A B You've got the dream, but not the drive E E+ A D9 (or Am) If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool [progression goes quickly here] E C#m F#m7 B E Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school E / C#m / Bb11 / C [modulation] F Dm Beauty school drop-out, Gm7 C hangin' around the corner store F Dm Beauty school drop-out, A# C it's about time you knew the score F Dm Well they couldn't teach you anything, Gm7 C you think you're such a looker Am Dm But no customer would go to you, Gm C unless she was a hooker [swirly interlude] F Dm Baby don't sweat it, Gm7 C you're not cut out to hold a job F Dm Better forget it, A# C who wants their hair done by a slob F F+ Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled, A# D#9 But still the world is cruel F Dm Gm7 C F C7 Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school F Dm Baby don't blow it, Gm7 C7 don't put my good advice to shame F Dm Baby you know it, A# C Even Dear Abby'd say the same F F+ A# D#9 Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly F Dm Gm7 C F Gotta be goin' to that maltshop in the sky / Dm / F / Dm / F F Dm Beauty school drop-out, F Dm go back to high school [repeat and fade]
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wrybread
Also, why did you post it in D#/Eb? The movie soundtrack is in E, and the songbook I have for it is in F, which are both way easier to play anyway.
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blak1veil
What the hell is E+
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