Straight A's In Love:Johnny Cash.
#16 on BB Hot Country and #84 on
BB Hot 100 on SUN Records in 1959.
INTRO: F
#1.
Fm
Well, the readin' and the writin' and arithmetic
F
never did get through to me.
Fm
It ain't because I'm square or thick cause I
F
learned my A B C's.
Fm
But when I graduated from the grammar school
F
and I moved one grade above, I began to be a
Fm F
snook at books but I made straight A's in love.
CHORUS:
Bb Gm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,
F
but I'd bring home C's and D's.
Bb F
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
G F
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and
C
the front of me?
BRIDGE:
Fm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they
F
oughta give me one above.
Bb Gm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,
C F
I'd have straight A's in love.
INTERLUDE: F Bb C G F
#2.
Fm
Now, in my senior year with graduation near I did my
Gm Fm
homework every night.
Fm
And when my momma said I oughta go to bed I'd turn out
Gm F
all the lights.
C Fm
But my sweetie pie was waitin' right outside, she'd be
a-cooin' like a dove.
Bb C
Though I did my best, I failed semester test, but made
F
straight A's in love.
CHORUS:
Bb Gm
Now, the teacher would say to learn your Algebra,
F
but I'd bring home C's and D's.
Bb F
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
G F
on the left, and on the right, and in the back, and
C
the front of me?
BRIDGE:
Fm
Oh, my grades are low on my card, I know, but they
F
oughta give me one above.
Bb Gm
If they'd give me a mark for learnin' in the dark,
C F
I'd have straight A's in love.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
