SCHOLARSHIP IS THE ENEMY OF ROMANCE
LEVI STUBS' TEARS 6 TRACK EP- 1986
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1985?
Notes
From OLGA. Chords: Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com>

Chords:

h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
/ is  slide up
\ is a slide down
. is hit it hard then mute with your right hand straight away
 

chords

EADGBe
320003 - G
320023 - Gsus
022000 - Em
xx3211 - F
x32010 - C
xx0232 - D

INTRO:

       G      Gsus  Em         C              F   C      G
e -||----------------------------------------------------------
B -||---------0h1-0----------------0h1p0------1----------0-----
G -||.-------(0)--0-0---0---------------0-----2---0--0---0-----
D -||.----0---------2---2--0---2----------0---3---2------0-----
A -||----2----------2---2-(0)--3------------------3------2-----
E -||---3---------------.--------------------------------3-----

            G       Em         C              F   C      G
e ------------------------------------------------------------||-
B ----------1/3\1-0----------------0h1p0------1----------0----||-
G ---------(0)----0-0---0---------------0-----2---0--0---0---.||-
D ------------------2---2--0---2----------0---3---2------0---.||-
A ------------------2---2-(0)--3------------------3------2----||-
E ----------------------.--------------------------------3----||-x2

[verse]: same picking

   G    Gsus  G            Em    C             F   C   G
   scholarship is                  the enemy  of ro-mance
   where does that       leave me alone in the rain again
   what happened           to     the weekend I'd-
                                          -planned with you
   we didn't              even get        upstairs this time

['chorus'] :
     Em      D       G
e -----------2-------3----------------------
B ----0------3-------0-------1/3--\1-0------
G ----0------2-------0-------0-------0------
D ----2------0-------0----------------------
A ----2--------------2----------------------
E ----0--------------3----------------------
      I    never    missed
 

      Em     D            G
e -----------2-------------------------------
B ----0------3------------0----0-0-0-0--1-3--
G ----0------2------------0----0-0-0-0--0-0--
D ----2------0------------0----0-0-0-0--0-0--
A ----2-------------------2------------------
E ----0-------------------3------------------
        that end of term kiss
 

      Em     D            G       C          G        C
e -----------2------------3-----------------------------
B ----0------3------------0-----------------------------
G ----0------2------------0-------0----------0--------0-
D ----0------0------------0-------2----------0--------2-
A ----2-------------------2-------3----------2--------3-
E ----0-------------------3------------------3----------
        but  where did it go miss   I don't know miss
 

    D                   D   C   G
e --2--------------------------------
B --3--------------------------------
G --2-------------------2------------
D --0-------------------0---2--------
A --------------------------3---2----
E ------------------------------3----
 

G                      Em  C          F          C              G
take me to the fair         hold me close as we fly through the air
and suddenly on Sunday    it all just melted   away
and when it had gone       leaving patches of yellowing       grass
I found a coin,             but lost what I'd been looking for

      Em      D        G
      I      never     took
the advice in that     book       C           G        C
         but if you might look sir  you might learn sir you might

[outro]
     G    D   G          Gsus
e ---3----2---3--------------------------
B ---0----3---0--0-0-0-0--1--0-----------
G ---0----3---0--0-0-0-0--0--0-----------
D ---0----0---0--0-0-0-0--0--0-----------
A ---2--------2--------------------------
E ---3--------3--------------------------
   learn sir

        G     D     G          Gsus
e -||---3-----2-----3-------------------||------
B -||---0---0-3---0-0--0-0-0-0--1--0----||------
G -||.--0---0-2---0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0---.||------
D -||.--0-----0-----0--0-0-0-0--0--0---.||------
A -||---2-----------2-------------------||------
E -||---3-----------3-------------------||------ x 2
 

        Em    C     D          Dsus
e -||---------------2--2-2-2-2--3--2----||----
B -||---------1-----3--3-3-3-3--3--3----||----
G -||.--0---0-0--0--2--2-2-2-2--2--2---.||----
D -||.--2---0-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0---.||----
A -||---2---0-3-------------------------||----
E -||---0-------------------------------||---- to fade