Tonalité : C major
Verse 1
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All right, somebody play something
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Dbdim
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Edim
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You can find me at work high
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in my ivory tower
Every Tuesday and Thursday
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during a few office hours
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if my door is open and I have time to talk,
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I'll offer free advice
from way up on my soapbox.
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I love to gaze over my glasses
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during a good long lecture,
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intellectualizing theories
and making profound looking gestures.
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But today I'm at a conference
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where I will present a paper
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Dm
attended only by colleagues
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who owe me a favor.
Dm
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Elementary teachers
love their children,
it's easy to see.
Cm
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Edim
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High school instructors
love the subjects they teach
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Dm
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But here at the college
Dm
I know it all so well
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This professor's learned to
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Dm
love just one thing
Eb
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Gm
Myself
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It's publish or perish
to get one's self promoted
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Edim
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So I learned how to speak
like a book being quoted
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Dm
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I survived peer review
Dm
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by the most scholarly
Dm
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Dm
Even if I write articles
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Gm
only my mother will read.
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Edim
Gm
My research is so dis tinguished
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Dm
only a few can comprehend
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the significant implications
I so articulately defend.
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I'll have a mega grant
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Cm
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Eb
that leads to a Nobel Prize.
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F
Dm
Look for my front page feature photo
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Dm
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in the New York Times.
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Elementary teachers love
their children,
Cm
it's easy to see.
Eb
C
Edim
C
High school instructors
Edim
C
love the subjects they teach.
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Dm
Ah, but here at the college,
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Dm
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I know it all so well.
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These professors learn to
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Dm
love just one thing.
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Edim
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Edim
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Myself!
Oh, these young grad assistants,
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G
they are a treasure to find.
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For their scholarship money,
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Dm
they'll teach courses I des pise.
Eb
I never go hungry,
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F
they feed my ego each day
Dm
Now I'm expecting my own personal
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Dm
parking space
F
Elementary teachers love their children
Cm
F
and it's easy to see
C
High school instructors
love the subjects they teach
G
Dm
G
C
But here at the college I know it all so well
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Eb
F
This professor's learned to
Dm
C
love just one thing
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C
F
C
Oh, don't you know,
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here at the college I know it all so well
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This professor's learned to
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Dm
love just one thing
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My grandiose, lovable, stuffy, infallible,
Eb
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full of my all -important, perfect self
Outro 1
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Edim
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