Verse : 
 
C                        Cadd9   G                      G7 
I missed a day or two of school, because I was called a fool 
 
C                    Cadd9   G                   G7 
And beat around the place, because I was staring into space 
 
C                        Cadd9   G                  G7                 
He stole a little bit of coal, because his flat was cold 
 
C                                Cadd9 
There's mountains of coal on the docks 
 
G                              G7 
He took some and rain into the cops 
 
   Am7                      D 
And now we're packed off to school 
 
Am7  
Industrial school 
 
                D                                       
We'll learn the meaning of the word, meaning of the word 
 
Am7                         D 
And now we're locked up in school 
 
Am7 
Industrial school 
 
                 D 
We'll learn the meaning of the word cruel 
 
Chorus : 
 
Am7 
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, 
 
D 
Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi, 
 
Am7 
Tooralooraloo, Tooraloorali, 
 
D 
Tooralooraloo, Whackfoldadi