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Straight A's In Love

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Recorded during the Empire Burlesque (1985) sessions. 
For a much more thorough discussion than I care to give the song, see Untold Dylan.

A7
You ain't so good in arithmetic, baby

You don't know how to count

When it comes to spending money

It's never the right amount
E7
But baby, you know two and two is four
D7
Baby, that'll be the day
       A     D     A             E        A    D  A
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A's.
In history, you don’t do too well 
You don’t know how to read 
You could confuse Geronimo 
With Johnny Appleseed 
And if you don’t know who Thomas Edison is, 
Well, baby, that’s OK, 
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A’s 
          D
You could fall right off the honour roll 
A
 You wouldn’t need a shove 
        B
But you graduate with honours 
E        D#        E7
From the school of love, well …. 
You aren’t doing too well in geography 
Baby, you can never read a map 
And if you hear that the teacher talks
It’s a time to take a nap 
​​​​​​​You thought that England is in Spain 
Baby, that’s OK 
But in love, crazy love, you get straight A’s

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