Tuning: G C E A

"My Old School" by Steely Dan (1973) Written by Donald Fagen & Walter Becker [Verse 1]

^G^ I remember, the thirty-five sweet good^Embyes ^C^ When you put-me-on-the-^DWolverine up to ^GAnnandale ^Gsus4 ^G It was still September, when your daddy was quite ^Emsurprised ^C^ To find you with the ^Dworking girls in the ^Gcounty jail ^Gsus4 ^G

I was, ^C^ smoking with the boys upstairs When I, ^D^ heard about the whole affair I said, ^Gmaj7whoa ^Emno! ^Gmaj7William and ^EmMary won't ^Cdo now Well I ^Ddid not think the ^Am7girl, could ^Dbe so ^Em7cruel And I'm ^Dnever going ^Am7back, to ^Dmy old ^G^ school ^Gsus4 ^G

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^G^ Oleanders, growing outside her ^Emdoor ^C^ Soon they're gonna ^Dbe in bloom up in ^GAnnandale ^Gsus4 ^G I can't stand her, doing what she did be^Emfore ^C^ Living like a ^Dgypsy queen in a ^Gfairy tale ^Gsus4 ^G

Well I, ^C^ hear the whistle but I can't go I'm gonna, ^D^ take her down to Mexico She said, ^Gmaj7whoa ^Emno! ^Gmaj7Guadala^Emjara won't ^Cdo now Well I ^Ddid not think the ^Am7girl, could ^Dbe so ^Em7cruel And I'm ^Dnever going ^Am7back, to ^Dmy old ^G^ school ^Gsus4 ^G

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^G^ California, tumbles into the ^Emsea ^C^ That'll be the ^Dday I go, back to ^GAnnandale ^Gsus4 ^G Tried to warn you, about Chino and Daddy ^EmGee ^C^ But I can't seem to ^Dget to you through the ^GU.S. Mail ^Gsus4 ^G

Steely Dan - My old school