Eat Your Books And Read Your Vegetables

[D]They say a g[C#m]ood book will rot your b[Bm]rains        [A]
Wait a minute
Oh yeah, I forgot, that’s television and video games.
They say that ice cream and cake will make me grow up so big and strong…Wait a minute
Oh yeah, I should eat fruits and vegetables all day long

[C#m]I am so cl[Bm]early confused [A]
[C#m]But when I get like[Bm] this
There’s a sn[A]appy jingle that I like to use

[E]Eat your books and r[A]ead your vegetables
[D]Take my advice if you wa[A]nna be respectable
[E]Pick your nose and never [A]do your chores
[D]Wait a minute now there’s a li[D7]ttle bit more
[D]Study really hard for your video games
[E]And call your little brother all kinds of names…oh that’s not right

[D]They say I should [C#m]stay inside and never g[Bm]o out to play…Wa[A]it a minute
If I stay inside all day, my muscles will waste away
They say I should I pick on my friends as often as I can…Wait a minute
If I pick on my friends they’ll probably leave and not come back again

[C#m]I am so clearly c[Bm]onfused     [A]
[C#m]But when I ge[Bm]t like this
There’s a sn[A]appy jingle that I like to use

[E]Eat your books and re[A]ad your vegetables
[D]Take my advice if you wa[A]nna be respectable
[E]Pick your nose and never d[A]o your chores
[D]Wait a minute now there’s a little bit more
[D7]Study really hard for your video games
And ca[E]ll your little brother all kinds of names…oh that’s not right

[D]Oh no, I really [C#m]made a mess of things th[Bm]is time…Wait a min[A]ute
If I concentrate I know all words will just fall in line
I’ll just say everything I know and I’m sure it’ll turn out fine...that’s the ticket
Everybody can help out, we’re all gonna count down from 9

8, 7, 6, 5
4, 3, 2, 1

Read your books and eat your vegetables
Take my advice if you wanna be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know that’s how it goes
Study really hard cuz school’s not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names…[amazed] I think I got it that time

[E] [E] [Eb]

[Key change down a full step to the key of G]
[D]Read your books an[G]d eat your vegetables
[C]Take my advice if you wan[G]na be respectable
Do your chores and never pick your nose
Yeah, I got it now.  I know that’s how it goes
Study really hard cuz school’s not a game
And never call your brother any kinda of names

[65]
[D]Yeah yeah [G]yeah
[C]Oh oh oh  [G]
[D](Continue[G] riffing)
[C]        [G]