Teachers chords

[INTRO]

[Bm]

[VERSE 1]

I [Bm]met a woman l[G]ong ago
Her h[Bm]air the black that b[G]lack can go
Are y[Bm]ou a teacher of the h[G]eart?
S[Bm]oft she answered no

[Bm]

[VERSE 2]

I [Bm]met a girl acr[G]oss the sea
Her h[Bm]air the gold that g[G]old can be
Are [Bm]you a teacher [G]of the heart?
Ye[Bm]s, but not for thee

[Bm]

[VERSE 3]

I [Bm]met a man who l[G]ost his mind
In [Bm]some lost place I h[G]ad to find
[Bm]Follow me the w[G]ise man s[Bm]aid

But he walked behind

[Bm]

[VERSE 4]

I w[Bm]alked into a h[G]ospital
Where n[Bm]one was sick and n[G]one was well
[Bm]When at night the n[G]urses left
I c[Bm]ould not walk at all

[Bm]

[VERSE 5]

[Bm]Morning came and t[G]hen came noon
[Bm]Dinner time a sc[G]alpel blade
[Bm]Lay beside my s[G]ilver s[Bm]poon

[Bm]

[VERSE 6]

[Bm]Some girls wander b[G]y mistake
In[Bm]to the mess that sc[G]alpels make
Are [Bm]you the teachers [G]of my heart?
We t[Bm]each old hearts to break

[Bm]

[VERSE 7]

One [Bm]morning I woke [G]up alone
The h[Bm]ospital and the n[G]urses gone
H[Bm]ave I carved eno[G]ugh my Lord?
Ch[Bm]ild, you are a bone

[Bm]

[VERSE 8]

I [Bm]ate and ate and a[G]te
No I [Bm]did not miss a p[G]late, well
H[Bm]ow much do these s[G]uppers cost?
We'll [Bm]take it out in hate

[Bm]

[VERSE 9]

I s[Bm]pent my hatred [G]everyplace
On [Bm]every work on [G]every face
[Bm]Someone gave me w[G]ishes
And I [Bm]wished for an embrace

[Bm]

[VERSE 10]

[Bm]Several girls emb[G]raced me, then [Bm]
I was emb[G]raced by men
[Bm]Is my passion p[G]erfect?
No, [Bm]do it once again

[Bm]

[VERSE 11]

[Bm]I was handsome [G]I was strong
I k[Bm]new the words of e[G]very song
[Bm]Did my singing p[G]lease you?
No, the w[Bm]ords you sang were wrong

[Bm]

[VERSE 12]

[Bm]Who is it whom [G]I address
[Bm]Who takes down what [G]I confess?
Are [Bm]you the teachers [G]of my heart?
We t[Bm]each old hearts to rest

[Bm]

[VERSE 13]

Oh t[Bm]eachers are my l[G]essons done?
I [Bm]cannot do an[G]other one
They [Bm]laughed and laughed and s[G]aid, Well child
[Bm]Are your lessons done?
[Bm]Are your lessons done?
[Bm]Are your lessons done?

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