| C | - | C/B | - | Am7 | - | G | - | D/F# |
| G | C | D | G | |
| I | n my High School, we | separate the r | ich from the r | est. |
| G | C | Am | D/F# | |
| Those who wear | rags from those who | only wear the | best. |
| G | C | D | Em | |
| And in my High School, | they hold assemblies f | or the football t | eam, |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G | D/F# | |
| But never | for the k | ids with dif | ferent dr | eams. |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| And we've got | jocks and we've got s | mokers, | rednecks an' j | okers: |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G | D/F# | |
| There' | s a cat | egory for | us al | l. |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| And we s | truggle with our h | omework, our t | eachers an' their | rules. |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G | D/F# | |
| Yeah, | they jus | t think | we're adole | scent fo | ols. |
| In my High School, there's some who think they're tough as they can be. |
| But when I look in their eyes, all I see is insecurity. |
| And in my High School, there's some who'll wait, then there's some who won't. |
| Some that cross those lines an' some that don't. |
| We've got ac-heads an' we've got rebels; mostly saints, sometimes devils: |
| You see them walkin' up an' down the hall. |
| And they struggle with their boyfriends, their girlfriends an' their maths, |
| And they long for the bell that gets them out of class. |
| G | |
| In my High Sc | hool. |
| C | G | |
| We l | augh, we | cry; |
| D | Em | |
| We f | all, we | fly. |
| D | C | D | Dsus2 | D | |
| Som | etimes we wo | nder why we're even h | ere | . |
| C | G | |
| We | pass, we f | ail; |
| D D/D# Em (bass 2nd fret G string) |
| And only time will tell, |
| D | C | C/B | Am7 | G | D | |
| If we'll ev | er m | ake it th | rough these t | eenage ye | ars. |
| In my High School, there's some who study for their entrance exams. |
| Some who just wanna play guitar in some rock 'n roll band. |
| And in my High School, the seniors just cannot wait for June. |
| But they don't realise that we grow up way too soon. |
| They'll be doctors, they'll be lawyers; teachers an' warriors, |
| And they'll live out their dreams, big and small. |
| And they'll struggle with their jobs; with their husbands an' their wives, |
| And they'll talk about "the best days of their lives", |
| G | C | |
| In my High S | chool. |
| G | C | |
| In my High S | chool. |