My Old School Chords by Steely Dan

[Start]

[Verse]
Em C G G7 G
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                                         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
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[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
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[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
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Bm7 Em G7 Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em
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