Chords with lyrics
I'm Goin' Back To School:Dee Clark.
52 on BB Hot 100 on
VEE-JAY Records in 1962.
INTRO: AbAb
#1.
DbDb F minorFm GbGb DbDb GbGb DbDb
Vacation is ov-er (and I'm going back to school.)
A augmentedA GbGb DbDb EbmEbm
You can quit if you wanna (but I'm going back
DbDb
to school)
DbDb F minorFm GbGb
You know I miss that old long nosed teacher of
DbDb GbGb DbDb
mine (I'm going back to school.)
BbmBbm D MajorD F minorFm GbGb BB
I'm gonna get me a diploma or I'll die trying.
DbDb C minorCm DbDb
(I'm going back to school.)
CHORUS:
BbmBbm DbDb GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Oh, oh, I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
DbDb GbGb DbDb EbmEbm DbDb
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
#2.
DbDb AbAb DbDb
All the pretty girls, that's where they'll all be.
DbDb C minorCm DbDb
(I'm going back to school.)
EbmEbm DbDb FF GbGb
We'll have a lot of fun, just you wait and see.
DbDb GbGb DbDb
(I'm going back to school.)
CHORUS:
AbAb DbDb GbGb DbDb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Oh, oh, I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
DbDb GbGb DbDb EbmEbm DbDb
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
SPOKEN:
DbDb GbGb AbAb
Hey, Charlie (yeah, Dee) hey, you going back
GbGb
to school this year?
GbGb DbDb
(Yeah, I'll be right there) fine.
GbGb AbAb GbGb DbDb
Hey, Marv (yeah) hey, you going back to school?
DbDb GbGb
(Of course, I'll be there..I'll be there) all right.
DbDb GbGb
Hey, Humphrey, hey, Humphrey (uh, yeah, what do
AbAb GbGb
you want, Dee?) Hey, look, you going back to school
DbDb
this year, boy? (No, I don't think I'm gonna make
GbGb
it, Dee.)
AbAb GbGb AbAb
Hey, man, you better come on back to school, man.
GbGb
(What do you think..I'm a dumbbell or something?)
GbGb AbAb
Why, no, it's not that, Humphrey, but, man, we're
GbGb
sure gonna miss you on the football team this year.
DbDb GbGb
I know that. (Hey, yeah, the football team.)
DbDb
(Hey, you know I couldn't even find a job this summer?)
DbDb
(I think I'm gonna make it back there, you know?)
GbGb
Yeah, you better come on back.
CHORUS:
DbDb GbGb
Hey, hey, listen..I'm going back (come on, Humphrey)
AbAb DbDb
I'm going back to school.
DbDb GbGb AbAb DbDb
I'm going back..I'm going back to school..(Come on,
fellas!)
DbDb GbGb DbDb GbGb DbDb
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
DbDb GbGb DbDb GbGb DbDb
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
Lemme hear it one more time!
OUTRO:
DbDb GbGb DbDb AbAb DbDb
I'm going back (everybody) I'm going back to school.
DbDb GbGb DbDb AbAb DbDb
I'm going back (woo) I'm going back to school..(Fade.)