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Version 1Straight 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.