[Intro]

D6/9

[Verse 1]

     D       -     Bm7   - Em7       -      A -
Your story's sad to tell, a teenage ne'er-do-well
     F#m7     -      Bm7       -     Em7 - A -
Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block
     F#m7      -    B7 -
Your future's so unclear now,
       Em7     -      C9 -
what's left of your career now
      D     -   Bm7       -      Gm6/A#
Can't even get a trade-in on your smock

[Instrumental]

Gm6/A# G/A
G/A D
Bm Em7
A

[Chorus]

              D       Bm
Beauty school drop-out, 
        Em7           A
no graduation day for you
              D       Bm
Beauty school drop-out, 
               G
missed your midterms
                A
and flunked shampoo
        D
Well at least you could have
Bm            Em7                 A
taken time to wash and clean your clothes up
      F#m                Bm                Em7
After spending all that dough to have the doctor
         A
fix your nose up 

[Verse 2]

         D     Bm
Baby get moving,
              Em7           A
why keep your feeble hopes alive
             D      Bm
What are you proving?
               G                 A
You've got the dream, but not the drive
       D            D+              G             C9
If you go for your diploma, you could join the steno pool
             D  -   Bm   -   Em7  -  A  -   D
Turn in your teasin' comb and go back to high school

[Instrumental]

Bm
A#sus4
A#6

[Chorus]

              D#        Cm
Beauty school drop-out, 
         Fm7                A#
hangin' around the corner store
              D#        Cm
Beauty school drop-out, 
           G#                 A#
it's about time you knew the score
          D#                  Cm
Well they couldn't teach you anything,
    Fm7                A#
you think you're such a looker
       Gm            Cm
But no customer would go to you,
  Fm            A#
unless she was a hooker
           D#       Cm
Baby don't sweat it,
               Fm7          A#
you're not cut out to hold a job
       D#        Cm
Better forget it, 
                G#              A#
who wants their hair done by a slob
         D#                      D#+
Now your bangs are curled, your lashes twirled,
    G#                  C#9
But still the world is cruel
              D#  -  Cm   -  Fm7  - A#   -   D#       A#
Wipe off that angel face and go back to high school

[Verse 3]

           D#       Cm
Baby don't blow it, 
             Fm7           A#7-9
don't put my good advice to shame
         D#       Cm
Baby you know it, 
          G#              A#
Even Dear Abby'd say the same
         D#                    D#+             G#            C#9
Now I've called the shot, get off the pot, I really gotta fly
         D#  -  Cm  -  Fm7  -  A#  -   D#
Gotta be goin' to that maltshop in the sky

[Instrumental]

Cm
D#
Cm

[Outro]

              D#       Cm
Beauty school drop-out, 
           D#6/9   
go back to high school