My Old School Cifras

MY OLD SCHOOL
 
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com
 
 
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[Verse 1]
G                                        Em
   I remember the thirty-five sweet good byes
C                        D
  When you put me on the Wolverine
         G
Up to An nandale
 
It was still September
                              Em
When your daddy was quite sur prised
C                      D
  To find you with the working girls
            G
In the coun ty jail
      C
I was   smoking with the boys upstairs
       D
When I   heard about the whole affair
 
 
[Chorus 1]
       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  Em
Could be so   cruel
        D           Am7
And I'm never going back
      Bm7
To my old
 
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[Verse 2]
 
G                                Em
   Oleanders growing outside her door
C                     D
   Soon they're gonna be in bloom
         G
Up in An nan dale
 
I can't stand her
                      Em
Doing what she did be fore
C                     D
    Living like a gyp sy queen
          G
In a fair y tale
 
 
[Chorus 2]
       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
Guadala jara 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
To my old
 
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[Verse 3]
G                             Em
  California tumbles into the sea
C                D
  That'll be the day I go
           G
Back to An nandale
G
   Tried to warn you
                      Em
About Chino and Daddy Gee
C                      D
   But I can't seem to get to you
            G
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
Guadala jara 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
To my old
 
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