Tom: C
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C G C G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
Dear Mr. Good I'm writing to tell you about my child
G C
He's in the fifth grade and very dangerous He thinks he's smarter than you and I
G C
and everybody else
G C
So play him like a Maestro would play a cheap violin
G C G
Let him think he's the ringleader then in mid-circus pull the rug out from under him
[Chorus]
F C G
My fear is that he's nearing the third rail
F C G
He's kneeling to another angry idol
F C G
And I can see it as his face is getting pale
F C G
That he's on his way out of this world
[Verse]
G C
This sudden spat of insanity needs a good fat dose of humility
G C G C
Otherwise a dictator will arise in class and rule by fear
G C
So, before he gets too old to know what we're doing right now
G C G
Before he gets too old to turn a deaf ear, turn it back my way
[Chorus]
F C G
My fear is that he's nearing the third rail
F C G
He's kneeling to another angry idol
F C G
And I can see it as his face is getting pale
F C G
Getting nowhere on no one's referrals
F C G
Getting nowhere on no one's referrals
F C G
He's on his way out of this world
F C G
He's on his way out of this world
F C G
He's on his way
