From Howard Wright Jun 15 ’94 at 9:52 am wet
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Subject: Steely.Dan/MyOldSchool.crd
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 9:52:16 WET DST
Someone requested tab for this one — It’s all based on pretty simple chords,
so I’m just going to give the chord shapes for most of it.
My memory’s failed me on the words , so I’ll type some to give an idea of
how chords and words match up
MY OLD SCHOOL — STEELY DAN
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INTRO:
Em7 C
A————5————
E——3-5s7—7s5-3-5-0-3
s=slide
VERSE:
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(each chord is strummed on the 2 and 4 beats for most of the verse)
G Em
California tumbles into the sea
C D C/G G C/G G
Soon we gonna ……… back in Annadale (?)
G Em
Tried to warn you ’bout doin what you did before
C D C/G G C/G G
But I can’t seem to get to you through the US mail Well I
C
Hear the whistle but we can’t go we’re gonna
D
Take a ride to Mexico I say
CHORUS
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G Em
Oh No
G Em F/C C F/C C
Guadalahara won’t do Well I
D Am Bm Em7
Did not think the girl would be so rude and I’m
D Am Bm G
Never going back to my old school
Rhythmic riff-thing:
G—7—-9—————-7-9-7-9
D—7—-9—7—7—9-9—-7-9-7-9—-}
A—5—-7—7—7—9-9—-5-7-5-7—-}- Play three times
E————5—5—7-7—————}
C Cdim D
Then back to another verse
Just after the riff above, before the last verse (I think) there’s
a bit more instrumental stuff with saxes.
The chords for this are:
G Am Bm Em D7 Am Bm Em D D7 G
Chord Shapes:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022030 X32010 3X0003 3X2013 XX0232 022000
Em7 C G C/G D Em
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X33211 X02210 X24432 X3X020 xx0212
F/C Am Bm Cdim D7
Any Queries — let me know! (But ignore my words even *I* know there
a bit mixed up)
Howard Email : [email protected]