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SCHOOL DAYS
Words by Will D.Cobb(Info)      Music by Gus Edwards (Info)
1906
8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

                 Bb                      Cm7 F7                   F+  Bb Bb° F7
                 NOTH-ING TO DO, NEL-LIE DAR-LING, NOTH-ING TO DO YOU SAY,
              Gm                B°7 F9                                   Bb
              LET'S TAKE A TRIP ON  MEM-OR-Y'S SHIP, BACK TO THE BY-GONE DAYS.
          Bb          Bb+          Eb  Ebm F7                      Eb  E°     Bb
          SAIL TO THE OLD VIL-LAGE SCHOOL  HOUSE, AN-CHOR OUT SIDE THE SCHOOL DOOR,
                       C7          F            C7              F
                       LOOK IN AND SEE, THERE'S YOU AND THERE'S ME,
                              Db C7                   F    F+
                              A  COUP-LE OF KIDS ONCE MORE.

Verse 2

                            Bb                         Cm7 F7
                           'MEM-BER THE HILL, NEL-LIE DAR-LING
                                                         F+   Bb  B° F7
                       (and the) OAK TREE THAT GREW (on) IT'S BROW?
                             Gm                     B°7 F9
                   (they've) BUILD FOR-TY STOR(ies) UP- ON THAT OLD HILL,
                            F9                              Bb
                            (and the) OAKS AN OLD CHEST-NUT NOW.
                            Bb           Bb+         Eb Ebm F7
                            'MEM-BER THE MEAD-OWS SO GREEN  DEAR,
                            F7                       Eb E°7 Bb
                            (so) FRA-GRANT WITH CLOV-ER AND MAIZE,
                          C7        F              C7               F
                   (into) NEW CI-TY LOTS AND (pre)-FERRED BUS'-NESS PLOTS,
                            Db      C7                      F    F+
                            THEY'VE CUT THEM UP SINCE THOSE DAYS.

Chorus

                   Bb                                 Bbm     F7sus F7
                   SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS, DEAR OLD GOLD-EN RULE  DAYS,
                         F7
                         READ-IN' AND 'RIT-IN' AND 'RITH-ME-TIC,
                         Bb
                         TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A HICK-RY STICK,
           Bb          G7       C7        F7          Bb
           YOU WERE MY QUEEN IN CAL-I-CO, I  WAS YOUR BASH-FUL BARE-FOOT BEAU,
                               Eb          E°7      Bb       D
                       AND YOU WROTE ON MY SLATE, I LOVE YOU JOE,
                            Gm   C7        F7      F+ Bb
                            WHEN WE WERE A COUP-LE OF KIDS.

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