verse 1  : 
G                                      Em   
I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes 
C                       D                 G      
When you put me on the Wolverine up to Annandale 
G                                                      Em 
It was still September when your daddy was quite surprised 
C                      D                        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 
         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      Em7 
Could be   so    cruel 
        D             Am7 
And I'm never going back 
        Bm7      G 
To my   old     school 
Verse  2  : 
G                               Em   
Oleanders growing outside her door 
C                  D                    G      
Soon they're gonna be in bloom up in Annandale 
G                                        Em   
I can't stand her doing what she did before 
C               D                    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 
           G        Em 
She said,  Oh      no 
G     Em           C 
Guadalajara won't do 
        D                 Am7 
Well I did not think the girl 
           Bm7    Em7 
Could be    so  cruel 
         D             Am7  
And I'm never going back 
         Bm7    G 
To my    old    school 
Verse  3 : 
G                            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 Gee 
C                       D                       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 
          G        Em 
She said, Oh      no 
G    Em           C 
Guadalajara won't do 
        D                  Am7  
Well I did not think the girl 
           Bm7      Em7 
Could be   so      cruel 
        D             Am7 
And I'm never going back 
            
         Bm7      G 
To my    old     school .