My Old School

Steely Dan

Intro C D

G	Em
I remember the thirty-five sweet good	byes

C	D	G
When you put me on the	Wolverine up to Ann	andale

G	Em
It was still September when your daddy was quite surpr	ised

C	D	G
To find you with the	working girls in the county	jail

Chorus

	C
I was	smoking with the boys upstairs

	D
When I	heard about the whole affair

	G	Em
I said,	Whoa	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	G	G
To my	old	school

Break D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 (2x) [bar chords] G G

G	Em
Oleanders growing outside her	door

C	D	G
Soon they’re gonna	be in bloom up in Ann	andale

G	Em
I can’t stand her doing what she did be	fore

C	D	G
Living like a	Gypsy queen in a fairy	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,	Whoa	no

G	Em	C
Guada	lajara 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	G
To my	old	school

Break D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 (3x) [bar chords] C C#dim D [bar chords] G G Solo Am7 Bm7 Em D (3x) G G G

C	Em
California tumbles into the	sea

C	D	G
That’ll be the	day I go back to	Annandale

G	Em
Tried to warn you about Chino and Daddy	G.

C	D	G
But I can’t seem to get	to you 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,	Whoa	no

G	Em	C
Guada	lajara 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	G
To my	old	school

G G G G Solo (break) D Em7 Am7 Bm7 Em7 (7x)