John McCutcheon - Kindergarten wall

^CWhen I was a little kid, ^Fnot so long ^Cago I h^Fad to learn a ^Clot of stuff I ^Dmdidn’t even ^Gknow How to ^Cdress myself, tie my shoes, ^Fhow to jump a rope How to ^Amsmile for a ^Fpicture without ^Dmlooking like a ^Gdope But of ^Fall the things I ^Clearned my ^Ffavorite of them ^Call Was a ^Flittle poem ^Changing on the ^DmKindergarten ^Gwall:

^G7Of ^Call you learn here ^Fremember this the ^Cbest: ^FDon’t hurt each ^Cother and ^Dmclean up your ^Gmess ^CTake a nap every day, ^Fwash before you eat Hold ^Amhands. Stick to^Fgether. Look ^Dmbefore you cross the ^Gstreet. And re^Fmember the ^Cseed in the ^Flittle paper ^Ccup: First the ^Croot ^Ggoes ^Fdown and then the ^Fplant ^Ggrows ^Cup!

^G7Of ^Call you learn here ^Fremember this the ^Cbest: ^FDon’t hurt each ^Cother and ^Dmclean up your ^Gmess ^CTake a nap every day, ^Fwash before you eat Hold ^Amhands. Stick to^Fgether. Look ^Dmbefore you cross the ^Gstreet. And re^Fmember the ^Cseed in the ^Flittle paper ^Ccup: First the ^Croot ^Ggoes ^Fdown and then the ^Fplant ^Ggrows ^Cup!

Well it was ^C1st, 2nd, ^F3rd grade, ^C4th grade too Where I ^Fhad to learn a ^Clot of stuff that ^Dmbig kids ^Gdo To ^Cadd, subtract and multiply, ^Fread and write and play How to ^Amsit in a little un^Fcomfortable desk for ^Gnearly half a day But of ^Fall the things they ^Ctaught me, of ^Fall the great and ^Csmall Still my ^Ffavorite was the ^Cpoem on the ^DmKindergarten ^Gwall

^G7Of ^Call you learn here ^Fremember this the ^Cbest: ^FDon’t hurt each ^Cother and ^Dmclean up your ^Gmess ^CTake a nap every day, ^Fwash before you eat Hold ^Amhands. Stick to^Fgether. Look ^Dmbefore you cross the ^Gstreet. And re^Fmember the ^Cseed in the ^Flittle paper ^Ccup: First the ^Croot ^Ggoes ^Fdown and then the ^Fplant ^Ggrows ^Cup!

But ^Clately I’ve been worried as I ^Flook around and ^Csee An ^Fawful lot of ^Cgrown-ups acting ^Dmfoolish as can ^Gbe I ^Cknow there’s lots of things to know I ^Fhaven’t mastered yet Still it ^Amseems there’s real im^Fportant stuff that ^Dmgrownups soon for^Gget I’m ^Fsure we’d all be ^Cbetter off if ^Fwe would just re^Ccall That ^Flittle poem ^Changing on the ^Dmkindergarten ^Gwall.

^G7Of ^Call you learn here ^Fremember this the ^Cbest: ^FDon’t hurt each ^Cother and ^Dmclean up your ^Gmess ^CTake a nap every day, ^Fwash before you eat Hold ^Amhands. Stick to^Fgether. Look ^Dmbefore you cross the ^Gstreet. And re^Fmember the ^Cseed in the ^Flittle paper ^Ccup: First the ^Croot ^Ggoes ^Fdown and then the ^Fplant ^Ggrows ^Cup!