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             If You'll Be the Teacher – Mandy Barnett
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Written by: Sue & Ned Miller
From: “Election (Original Soundtrack)” (1999)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
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[Verse A]
  Ab
I wanna know how love began
  Ab
I wanna go to school again
Ab        Fdim7  Eb7
If you'll be the teacher
Eb7
Long before the schoolbells chime
Eb7
I'll be there ahead of time
Eb7             Ab
 Just to see my teacher

[Verse B]
Ab
Start right from the first of it
     Ab
Don't miss a thing I wanna get
Ab                 Ab7              | Db F7/C | Bbm |
All the facts then I'll know what to do
        Db            Ddim7
When we graduate I'll hold you tight
Ab                   F7
Then you'll know you taught me right
Bbm              Eb              | Ab | E7 |
Teacher, teacher I'm in love with you

[Verse A]
| A | % | % | % |
| A | Cdim7 | E | % |
(If you'll be the teacher)
| E | % | % | % |
| E | E7 | A | % |
(If you'll be the teacher)

[Verse B]
A
Start right from the first of it
     A
Don't miss a thing I wanna get
A                  A7               | D F#7/C# | Bm |
All the facts then I'll know what to do
        D             D#dim7
When we graduate I'll hold you tight
A                    F#9
Then you'll know you taught me right
Bm               E               | A | A A
Teacher, teacher I'm in love with you


[Extra Verse A not used in the movie’s soundtrack]
I will learn psychology
Then go on to biology
If you'll be the teacher
I'll study hard from dawn to dark
I will get the highest mark
If you'll be my teacher