My Old School

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MY OLD SCHOOL
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com
Em Em Cadd9 Cadd9
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[Verse 1]
G Em
I remember the thirty-five sweet good byes
C D
When you put me on the Wolverine
G
Up to An nandale
It was still September
Em
When your daddy was quite sur prised
C D
To find you with the working girls
G
In the coun ty jail
C
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
D
When I heard about the whole affair
[Chorus
G Em
I said oh no
G Em C
William and Mary won't do
D Am7
Well I did not think the girl
Bm7 Em
Could be so cruel
D Am7
And I'm never going back
Bm7
To my old
G G
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* * * * * * * *
school
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D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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[Verse 2]
G Em
Oleanders growing outside her door
C D
Soon they're gonna be in bloom
G
Up in An nan dale
I can't stand her
Em
Doing what she did be fore
C D
Living like a gyp sy queen
G
In a fair y tale
[Chorus]
C
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
D
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
G Em
She said oh no
G Em C
Guadala jara won't do
D Am7
Well I did not think the girl
Bm7 Em
Could be so cruel
D Am7
And I'm never going back
Bm7
To my old
G G G G
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
sch-o-o-o-l
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D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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C C#dim D D
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
G G G G
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Horns ensemble]
Am7 Bm7 Em7 D
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Am7 Bm7 Em7 D D
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
G G G G
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Verse 3]
G Em
California tumbles into the sea
C D
That'll be the day I go
G
Back to An nandale
G
Tried to warn you
Em
About Chino and Daddy Gee
C D
But I can't seem to get to you
G
Through the U.S. Mail
[Chorus
C
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
D
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
G Em
She said oh no
G Em C
Guadala jara won't do
D Am7
Well I did not think the girl
Bm7 Em
Could be so cruel
D Am7
And I'm never going back
Bm7
To my old
G G G G
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
sch-o-o-o-l ...........
G G G G
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em7
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em7
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em7
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7 Em7
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^
D Em7Am7 Bm7 Em7
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..repeat

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MY OLD SCHOOL
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com
[Verse 1]
It was still September
[Chorus 
school
 ^       ^   ^      ^  ^^    ^  ^^^
|D       Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7      |  %  |
[Verse 2]
I can't stand her
[Chorus]
 sch-o-o-o-l
 ^      ^  ^      ^  ^^    ^  ^^^
|D     Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7     |  %  |
 ^      ^  ^      ^  ^^    ^  ^^^
|D     Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7     |  %  |
 ^      ^  ^      ^  ^^    ^  ^^^
|D     Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7     |  %  |
[Horns ensemble]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus
  sch-o-o-o-l ...........
 ^       ^   ^      ^ ^^   ^   ^^^
|D      Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7        |Em7        |
 ^       ^   ^      ^ ^^   ^   ^^^
|D      Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7        |Em7        |
 ^       ^   ^      ^ ^^   ^   ^^^
|D      Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7        |Em7        |
 ^       ^   ^      ^ ^^   ^   ^^^
|D      Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7        |Em7        |
 ^       ^   ^      ^ ^^   ^   ^^^
|D      Em7 Am7|      Bm7     |Em7        |em7        |
 ..repeat

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