My Old School Chords
by Steely Dan
My Old School by Steely Dan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, Am7, Bm7 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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 .