School Days 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.
(all chords relative to capo)
Intro: C F C G
In Delaware when I was younger
I would live a life obscene
In the spring I had great hunger
I was Brando, I was Dean
Blaspheming booted blue jeaned baby boy
Oh, how I made them turn their heads
The townie brownie girls, they jumped for joy
And begged me bless them in their beds
In Delaware when I was younger
I would row upon the lake
In the spring I had great hunger
I was Keats, I was Blake
My pimpled pencilled pains I'd bring
To frogs who sat entranced
My drift dream ditties I would sing
The water striders danced
In Delaware when I was younger
They thought St. Andrew had sufficed
But in the spring I had great hunger
I was Buddha, I was Christ
You wicked wise men, where's your wonder?
You Pharisees one day will pay
See my lightning, hear my thunder
I am truth, I know the way
In Delaware when I was younger
End on C