My Old School Chords by Steely Dan
- Key: Em
- BPM: 125
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
MY OLD SCHOOL CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] Em C G G7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 I remember the thirtyfive sweet goodbyes ■ C G C ■ When you put me on the Wolverine up to Annandale ■ G Gsus4 ■ It was still September G Em ■ When your daddy was quite surprised ■ C G D G ■ To find you with the working girls in the county jail C D I was smoking with the boys upstairs when I G D G Em Heard about the whole affair I said oh no G Em C William and Mary won't do [Chorus] D Am7 Well I did not think the girl Bm7 E7 Em7 Could be so cruel ■ D Am7 And I'm never going back Bm7 G To my old ■ school [Inst] D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 D Em7 Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 Em7 G7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G7 C G Em G Oleanders ■ growing outside her door ■ C G D G ■ Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale G7 G C G ■ ■ ■ ■ G I can't stand her G Doing what she did before C G ■ Living like a gypsy queen in a fairy tale [Chorus] C D ■ Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna G Em Take her down to Mexico she said oh no G Em G C Guadalajara ■ won't do D Am7 Well I did not think the girl Em Could be so cruel Em7 D Am7 ■ And I'm never going back Bm7 G To my old school [Inst] D Am7 Bm7 Em7 D7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Am7 Bm7 Em Em7 D Am7 Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 D D7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G7 C G Em California ■ tumbles into the sea C G C ■ That'll be the day I go back to Annandale ■ G C ■ Tried to warn you G About Chino and Daddy Gee C D G D G ■ But I can't seem to get to you through the US Mail [Chorus] C D Well I hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna G Em Take her down to Mexico she said oh no G Em C Guadalajara won't do D D7 Am7 Well I did not think the girl Bm7 E7 Could be so cruel Em Em7 D Am7 ■ ■ And I'm never going back Bm7 To my old school G D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 E7 D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Inst] Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 G D Bm7 Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 Em7 G D Am7 Bm7 Em7 E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em D Em Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm7 Em G7 Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■