Johnny Cash - Straight A’s In Love: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Straight A’s In Love" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Straight A’s In Love Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Johnny Cash

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Straight A’s In Love" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F
Well a reading and a writing and
arithmetic never did get through to me
It ain't because I'm square or thick,
because I learned my abc's
But when I graduated from the grammar school
and I moved one grade above
A#                                   C7
I began to be a snook at hook but I made
                 F
straight a's in love

Chorus:
F        A#
Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra
          F
but I'd bring home c's and d's
F   A#
How could I make an A when there's a swingin' maid
A#      G                               C7
On the left and on the right and in the back
and the front of me
C7      F
Oh my grades are low on my card
I know but they oughta give me one above
F          A#
If they'd give me a mark for learning in the dark
     C7                    F
I'd have straight a's in love

Now in my senior year with
graduation near I did my homework every night
And when my mama said
I oughta go to bed I'd turn out all the lights
But my sweetie pie was waiting right
outside she'd be a cooing like a dove
Though I did my best
I failed semester test but
I made straight a's in love

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C7

Guitar chord C7

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Straight A’s In Love" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Straight A’s In Love" by Johnny Cash.

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