Tom: Ebm A# F A# [Verse] A# F It wasn't the books that I didn't read, A# It wasn't the teachers that tried to teach me. F It wasn't that varsity baseball coach, A# Kept on tellin' them locker room jokes, it was: F [Chorus] Bobby Ann Mason, back in high school. A# She was way too cute, she was way too cool. F How was I gonna get an education, A# Settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason. A# F A# A# F (2nd Verse) Yeah! Bobby knew her hist'ry, Bobby knew her French, A# Bobby knew how to keep the boys in suspense. F She'd tease with a touch, she'd tease with a kiss, A# I was three long years being teased by, pretty Miss: [Chorus] A# F (3rd Verse) Yeah! Bobby graduated first in her class. A# Me, I graduated closer to last. F Bobby went to college, she got a degree, A# I got a guitar so I could sing about, me and: B F# B F# B B F# (4th Verse) Yeah! The years have taught me, the basics of math. B Divorce divides; time subtracts; Takes away your hair, F# B Takes away your jump shot, but it ain't gonna take all mem'ries I got of: [Chorus] F# B Back in high school, she was way too cute, she was way too cool. F# B I got most of my education settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason. F# B Settin right back of Bobby Ann Mason.