Biography:
Matt the Electrician is the stage name of Matt Sever, an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas.
Born in San Francisco, Sever's family soon moved to Oregon. Once there, Sever spent much of his youth obsessed with Woody Guthrie, The Hollies and the soundtrack to Godspell.
Sever's family moved back to California in the early eighties; and while the trumpet was eventually discarded, the expensive private lessons were not a complete waste, as it was here that Sever met and fell in love with the guitar.
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Capo 3
[Intro]
F C G C (x2)
[Verse 1]
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
And I never paid it and I'm still not gonna
F C
I never got my report card
G C
But I didn't go to class and I didn't work hard
F C
So I didn't wanna know how bad I did
G Bb C
But I know I never made the dean's list
[Chorus]
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a baker or a candlestick maker
Am Em
You still have to wait in line
F G
At the bank drive through and the train tracks too
F C
Behind people like me with no degree
G C
'Cause I know the conductor and he knows me
F C
You might have a nicer car, but I've traveled pretty far
G Bb C
And all I have is an old guitar
[Bridge]
F C G C (x2)
[Verse 2]
F C
Forty bucks for a bag of weed
G C
In the summer nineteen ninety three
F C
Forty dollars is all I have
G Bb C
And it isn't mine, it belongs to my parents
F C
Oh, five hundred points for a roll of cookie dough
G C
In the cafeteria they got sloppy joes
F C
And the sloppy joes cost three points
G Bb C
I won't eat in the spring but hey, cookie dough
[Chrous]
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a diver or a big rig driver
Am Em
You still have to go to the store
F G
And share the road with a wide load
F C
Who's taking up all three lanes
G C
And you can't get around him it's a big pain
F C
And the driver hasn't slept in three whole days
G C
But he knows one thing and that's freeways
F C
He's got a Gatorade bottle where he goes pee
G Bb C
And you're behind him with your college degree
[Verse 3/Outro]
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
So I never paid it and I'm still not gonna..
[Intro]
F C G C (x2)
[Verse 1]
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
And I never paid it and I'm still not gonna
F C
I never got my report card
G C
But I didn't go to class and I didn't work hard
F C
So I didn't wanna know how bad I did
G Bb C
But I know I never made the dean's list
[Chorus]
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a baker or a candlestick maker
Am Em
You still have to wait in line
F G
At the bank drive through and the train tracks too
F C
Behind people like me with no degree
G C
'Cause I know the conductor and he knows me
F C
You might have a nicer car, but I've traveled pretty far
G Bb C
And all I have is an old guitar
[Bridge]
F C G C (x2)
[Verse 2]
F C
Forty bucks for a bag of weed
G C
In the summer nineteen ninety three
F C
Forty dollars is all I have
G Bb C
And it isn't mine, it belongs to my parents
F C
Oh, five hundred points for a roll of cookie dough
G C
In the cafeteria they got sloppy joes
F C
And the sloppy joes cost three points
G Bb C
I won't eat in the spring but hey, cookie dough
[Chrous]
Am Em
And college is a waste of time
F C
If you wanna be a diver or a big rig driver
Am Em
You still have to go to the store
F G
And share the road with a wide load
F C
Who's taking up all three lanes
G C
And you can't get around him it's a big pain
F C
And the driver hasn't slept in three whole days
G C
But he knows one thing and that's freeways
F C
He's got a Gatorade bottle where he goes pee
G Bb C
And you're behind him with your college degree
[Verse 3/Outro]
F C
I owe thirty-five dollars to the library
G C
At Humboldt State University
F C
But I dropped out fifteen years ago
G Bb C
So I never paid it and I'm still not gonna..
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