My Old School

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


[Verse 1]
G                                       Em
^ I remember, the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
C                        D               G         Gsus4 G
^ When you put-me-on-the-Wolverine up to Annandale
                                                  Em
It was still September, when your daddy was quite surprised
C                      D                    G           Gsus4 G
^ To find you with the working girls in the county jail

       C
I was, ^ smoking with the boys upstairs
        D
When I, ^ heard about the whole affair
        Gmaj7 Em   Gmaj7       Em         C
I said, whoa  no!  William and Mary won't do now
       D                 Am7         D     Em7
Well I did not think the girl, could be so cruel
        D           Am7      D      G        Gsus4 G
And I'm never going back, to my old ^ school


[Interlude]
D G C    C D D    D Em Em Em
/ - -    / - -    / -  -  -


[Verse 2]
G                                Em
^ Oleanders, growing outside her door
C                    D                 G         Gsus4 G
^ Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale
                                        Em
I can't stand her, doing what she did before
C               D                G          Gsus4 G
^ Living like a gypsy queen in a fairy tale

        C
Well I, ^ hear the whistle but I can't go
           D
I'm gonna, ^ take her down to Mexico
          Gmaj7 Em  Gmaj7  Em         C
She said, whoa  no! Guadalajara won't do now
       D                 Am7         D     Em7
Well I did not think the girl, could be so cruel
        D           Am7      D      G        Gsus4 G
And I'm never going back, to my old ^ school


[Interlude]
D G C    C D D    D Em Em Em
/ - -    / - -    / -  -  -


[Verse 3]
G                              Em
^ California, tumbles into the sea
C                D                 G         Gsus4 G
^ That'll be the day I go, back to Annandale
                                         Em
Tried to warn you, about Chino and Daddy Gee
C                     D                      G         Gsus4 G
^ But I can't seem to get to you through the U.S. Mail

        C
Well I, ^ hear the whistle but I can't go
           D
I'm gonna, ^ take her down to Mexico
          Gmaj7 Em  Gmaj7  Em         C
She said, whoa  no! Guadalajara won't do now
       D                 Am7         D     Em7
Well I did not think the girl, could be so cruel
        D           Am7      D      G        Gsus4 G
And I'm never going back, to my old ^ school