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[Verse]
       A#                   F
It wasn't the books that I didn't read,
                             A#
It wasn't the teachers that tried to teach me.
                        F
It wasn't that varsity baseball coach,
                      A#
Kept on tellin' them locker room jokes, it was:
                            F
[Chorus]

Bobby Ann Mason, back in high school.
                           A#
She was way too cute, she was way too cool.
                        F
How was I gonna get an education,
                       A#
Settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason.


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              A#                            F
(2nd Verse)  Yeah! Bobby knew her hist'ry, Bobby knew her French,
                            A#
Bobby knew how to keep the boys in suspense.
                                 F
She'd tease with a touch, she'd tease with a kiss,
                              A#
I was three long years being teased by, pretty Miss:

[Chorus]
             A#                     F
(3rd Verse)  Yeah! Bobby graduated first in her class.
                 A#
Me, I graduated closer to last.
                            F
Bobby went to college, she got a degree,
                           A#
I got a guitar so I could sing about, me and:

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              B                                   F#
(4th Verse)  Yeah! The years have taught me, the basics of math.
                  B
Divorce divides; time subtracts; Takes away your hair,
       F#                                               B
Takes away your jump shot, but it ain't gonna take all mem'ries I got of:

[Chorus]
 F#                                                 B
Back in high school, she was way too cute, she was way too cool.
                  F#                              B
I got most of my education settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason.
F#     B
Settin right back of Bobby Ann Mason.