School Days — Loudon Wainwright III
Chords and lyrics for School Days by Loudon Wainwright III (key of C).
Verse 1
"School Days" by Loudon Wainwright III
From the album Loudon Wainwright III (1970)
This is a simplified way to play it. Listen to the song for the strumming
pattern
and feel free to build upon it in your own way when playing it.
Intro
[C4] [C4] [C4] [G] [G]
[C4]In Delaware when I was younger
[C4]I would live a[G] life obscene
[C4]In the spring I had great hunger
[C4]I was Brando, [G]I was Dean
[Em]Blaspheming booted blue jeaned baby boy
[Em]Oh, how I made them turn their heads
[Em]The townie brownie girls, they jumped for joy
[G]And begged me bless them in their [G7]beds
[C4] [C4] [C4] [G]
[C4]In Delaware when I was younger
[C4]I would row [G]upon the lake
[C4]In the spring I had great hunger
[C4]I was Keats,[G] I was Blake
[Em]My pimpled pencilled pains I'd bring
[Em]To frogs who sat entranced
[Em]My drift dream ditties I would sing
[G]The water striders [G7]danced
[C4] [C4] [C4] [G]
[C4]In Delaware when I was younger
[C4]They thought St. Andrew [G]had sufficed
[C4]But in the spring I had great hunger
[C4]I was Buddha,[G] I was Christ
[Em]You wicked wise men, where's your wonder?
[Em]You Pharisees one day will pay
[Em]See my lightning, hear my thunder
[G]I am truth, I know the way
[C4] [C4] [C4] [G]
[C4]In Delaware when I was younger
[C4]
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