What Did You Learn In School Today

Artist: Pete Seeger

Song: What Did You Learn In School Today

(http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/~aparsons/guitar/guitar1.html)

Capo 4 (album version); Capo 8 (BBC's 'Tonight In Person' 1964 version); Capo 6 (live in Australia version)



[Chorus]

G                                                      D7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine,

G                                   D7                 G-G7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?



[Verse]

  C                       G

I learned that Washington never told a lie,

  C                     G

I learned that soldiers seldom die.

  C                 G

I learned that everybody's free,

C                       G

That's what the teacher said to me.

    G                                      D7                       G

And that's what I learned in school today, that's what I learned in school.



[Chorus]

G                                                      D7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine,

G                                   D7                 G-G7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?



[Verse]

  C                      G

I learned that policemen are my friends,

  C                    G

I learned that justice never ends.

  C                      G

I learned that murderers die for their crimes,

C                    G

Even if we make a mistake sometimes.

    G                                      D7                       G

And that's what I learned in school today, that's what I learned in school.



[Chorus]

G                                                      D7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine,

G                                   D7                 G-G7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?



[Verse]

  C                              G

I learned our government must be strong,

     C                      G

It's always right and never wrong.

    C                      G

Our leaders are the finest men,

    C                 G

And so we elect them again and again.

    G                                      D7                       G

And that's what I learned in school today, that's what I learned in school.



[Chorus]

G                                                      D7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine,

G                                   D7                 G-G7

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine?



[Verse]

  C                     G

I learned that wars are not so bad,

  C                         G

I learned of the great ones we have had.

   C                        G

We fought in Germany and in France,

    C                      G

And someday I might get my chance.

    G                                      D7                       G

And that's what I learned in school today, that's what I learned in school.