Eat Your Books And Read Your Vegetables Chords - Mr Seley

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Eat Your Books (And Read Your Vegetables)
By: Tom Seley

D           C#m                     Bm           A
They say a good book will rot your brains          Wait a minute
Oh yeah, I forgot, thats television and video games.
They say that ice cream and cake will make me grow up so big and strongWait a minute
Oh yeah, I should eat fruits and vegetables all day long


C#m       Bm             A
I am so clearly confused
C#m                Bm
But when I get like this
            A
Theres a snappy jingle that I like to use


E                   A
Eat your books and read your vegetables
D                       A
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
E                        A
Pick your nose and never do your chores
D                             D7
Wait a minute now theres a little bit more
D
Study really hard for your video games
E
And call your little brother all kinds of namesoh thats not right

D                 C#m                    Bm              A
They say I should stay inside and never go out to playWait a minute
If I stay inside all day, my muscles will waste away
They say I should I pick on my friends as often as I canWait a minute
If I pick on my friends theyll probably leave and not come back again

C#m              Bm          A
I am so clearly confused
C#m          Bm
But when I get like this
            A
Theres a snappy jingle that I like to use


E                    A
Eat your books and read your vegetables
D                       A
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
E                         A
Pick your nose and never do your chores
D
Wait a minute now theres a little bit more
D7
Study really hard for your video games
      E
And call your little brother all kinds of namesoh thats not right


D               C#m                     Bm                A
Oh no, I really made a mess of things this timeWait a minute
If I concentrate I know all words will just fall in line
Ill just say everything I know and Im sure itll turn out fine...thats the ticket
Everybody can help out, were all gonna count down from 9


8, 7, 6, 5
4, 3, 2, 1


Read your books and eat your vegetables
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know thats how it goes
Study really hard cuz schools not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names[amazed] I think I got it that time

E E Eb

[Key change down a full step to the key of G]
D                 G
Read your books and eat your vegetables
C                        G
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know thats how it goes
Study really hard cuz schools not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names

[65]
D         G
Yeah yeah yeah
C         G
Oh oh oh
D        G
(Continue riffing)
C        G

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