School Days Chords & Lyrics by Loudon Wainwright III
School Days
guitar chords lyrics
"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.
Capo 5
(all chords relative to capo)
Intro: C F C G
C F
In Delaware when I was younger
C G
I would live a life obscene
C F
In the spring I had great hunger
C G
I was Brando, 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 beds
C F C G
C F
In Delaware when I was younger
C G
I would row upon the lake
C F
In the spring I had great hunger
C G
I was Keats, 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 danced
C F C G
C F
In Delaware when I was younger
C G
They thought St. Andrew had sufficed
C F
But in the spring I had great hunger
C G
I was Buddha, 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
C F C G
C F
In Delaware when I was younger
End on C
