Capo: 6th fret

[Intro]
C Am7 G7 C

[Part 1]
C Am7
You explode quietly, you keep bad habits for years,
G7 C
you retain it like long division all the things that they told you to revise.
C Am7
You learn quiet, you learn to please,
G7 C
you’re best friends with the teacher, she looks at you with unease.

[Part 2]
C Am7
You take notes all the time, change in tone,
G7 C
and worry they’re taking notes too, reading you like a palindrome.
C Am7
Not sure quite what you did at six years old
G7 C
to be told you’re too much, you were learning the world.

[Part 3]
C Am7
You were learning yourself, you were learning what you could hold,
G7 C
you still hold too much, old habits die hard.

[Outro]
C Am7
Na nay, na nay, Mama, Mama, na nay, na nay.
G7 C
Na nay, na nay, Mama, Mama, na nay, na nay.
C Am7
Na nay, na nay, Mama, Mama, na nay, na nay.
G7 C
Na nay, na nay, Mama, Mama, na nay, na nay.