{"id":11003,"date":"2022-06-23T05:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T05:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11003"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:55:43","slug":"school-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"School Day &#8211; Chuck Berry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/songpics\/Q-S\/school-day.jpg\">SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">SCHOOL DAYS: Chuck Berry\r\n#1 R&amp;B, #3 on Rock charts and # 24 in UK in 1957.\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n<span data-name=\"Daug\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Daug<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nN.C.                           <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n  Up in the mornin' and out to school,\r\n \r\nThe teacher is teachin' the Golden Rule,\r\n                               <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAmerican history and practical math,\r\n                                 <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nYou study 'em hard and hopin' to pass.\r\n                                       <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nWorkin' your fingers right down to the bone,\r\n        <span data-name=\"D7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D7<\/span>                              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd the guy behind you won't leave you alone.\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nN.C.                  <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n  Ring, ring goes the bell.\r\n \r\nThe cook in the lunch room's ready to sell.\r\n                               <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nYou're lucky if you can find a seat,\r\n                                     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nYou're fortunate if you have time to eat.\r\n                                 <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nBack in the classroom, open your books,\r\n<span data-name=\"D7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D7<\/span>                                             <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n  Gee, but the teacher don't know how mean she looks.\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nN.C.                              <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\n     Soon as three o'clock rolls around,\r\n \r\nYou finally lay your burden down.\r\n                                     <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nClose up your books, get out of your seat,\r\n                            <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nDown the halls and into the street.\r\n                                <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nUp to the corner and 'round the bend,\r\n             D7                 G\r\nRight to the juke joint, you go in.\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nN.C.                              G\r\n     Drop the coin right into the slot,\r\n \r\nYou've gotta hear somethin' that's really hot.\r\n                                       C\r\nWith the one you love, you're makin' romance,\r\n                                 G\r\nAll day long you been wantin' to dance,\r\n                               D\r\nFeeling the music from head to toe,\r\n          D7                   G\r\nRound and round and round you go.\r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nG    G   G   G\r\nC    C   G   G\r\nD    D   G   G\r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\nN.C.                              G\r\n     Drop the coin right into the slot,\r\n \r\nYou've gotta hear somethin' that's really hot.\r\n                                       C\r\nWith the one you love, you're makin' romance,\r\n                                 G\r\nAll day long you been wantin' to dance,\r\n                               D\r\nFeeling the music from head to toe,\r\n          D7                   G\r\nRound and round and round you go.\r\n \r\n[Verse 6]\r\nN.C.                      G\r\n      Hail, hail rock and roll!\r\n \r\nDeliver me from the days of old,\r\nG7                 C\r\nLong live rock and roll,\r\n                                G\r\nThe beat of the drums, loud and bold.\r\nN.C.                 D\r\nRock, rock, rock and roll,\r\n    D7                         G              Ab  G\r\nThe feelin' is there, body and soul.\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHEET MUSIC SCHOOL DAYS: Chuck Berry #1 R&amp;B, #3 on Rock charts and # 24 in UK in 1957. [Intro] Daug [Verse 1] N.C. G Up in the mornin&#8217; and out to school, The teacher is teachin&#8217; the Golden Rule, C American history and practical math, G You study &#8217;em &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/school-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Day &#8211; Chuck Berry<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29435,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11003\/revisions\/29435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}