“School Boy Heart”
by Jimmy Buffett
from Banana Wind (1996)
Geeky Randy (C.S.) – FlickGeek@hotmail.com

NOTE: There are 14 different chords in this song; chord diagram at the bottom.

Intro:
E A2 F#m7(4) B7sus
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7

Chorus:
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
I got a SCHOOL BOY HEART, a novelist eye
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
Stout sailor’s legs and a license to fly
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
I came with nomad feet and some wandering toes
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
That walk up my long board and hang off the nose

Verse 1:
G#m
I suppose
A9 G#m7
The need to focus never arose
C#7 F#m
So something like a Swiss army knife
B7
That’s my life
G#m A9 G#m7
Frankenstein had nothing on this body of mine
C#7 F#m D9(b5)
The villagers still flockin’ to see, to see me
C7 B7
Breaking free, breaking free

Chorus 2:
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
Cause I got a SCHOOL BOY HEART, a novelist eye
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
Stout sailor’s legs and a license to fly
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
I got a bartender’s ear and beachcomber’s style
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
Piratical nerve and a Vaudevillian style

Link:
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
I Oo
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
I yi yi yi yi yi

Verse 2:
I suspect I died in some cosmic shipwreck
With all hands spread all over the deck
What the heck
Then some kind of obscene and unscrupulous mind
Began to pick up what he could find
Added ice, shook me twice, Added Ice, rolled the dice

Chorus 3:
Now I got a SCHOOL BOY HEART, a novelist eye
A sailor’s legs and a license to fly
I got a native tongue from way down south
It sits in the cheek of my gulf coastal mouth

Chorus:
I got a SCHOOL BOY HEART, a novelist eye
Stout sailor’s legs and a license to fly
I came with nomad feet and some wandering toes
That glide up my longboard and hang off the nose

Exit:
E A2 F#m7 B7sus B7
I Oo
E C#m F#m7 E/G# A B7
I yi yi yi yi yi

CHORD DIAGRAM:

A2:
e|0|
B|0|
G|2|
D|2|
A|0|
E|x|

A9:
e|x|
B|5|
G|4|
D|5|
A|4|
E|5|

B7sus:
e|2|
B|5|
G|2|
D|4|
A|2|
E|x|

B7:
e|2|
B|0|
G|2|
D|1|
A|2|
E|x|

C7:
e|0|
B|1|
G|3|
D|2|
A|3|
E|x|

C#7:
e|x|
B|2|
G|4|
D|3|
A|4|
E|x|

C#m:
e|4|
B|5|
G|6|
D|6|
A|4|
E|x|

D9(b5):
e|4|
B|5|
G|5|
D|4|
A|5|
E|x|

E:
e|0|
B|0|
G|1|
D|2|
A|2|
E|0|

E/G#:
e|0|
B|0|
G|4|
D|2|
A|x|
E|4|

F#m7:
e|x|
B|2|
G|2|
D|2|
A|x|
E|2|

F#m7(4):
e|x|
B|0|
G|2|
D|2|
A|x|
E|2|

G#m:
e|4|
B|4|
G|4|
D|6|
A|6|
E|4|

G#m7:
e|x|
B|4|
G|4|
D|4|
A|x|
E|4|