Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard

Words & Music:

Paul Simon

A rather good "strum it!" version of this song is in the June 2009 issue of Acoustic Guitar.

G(7) C(8) G(7) D(5)

G C

Mama pajama rolled out of bed and she ran to the police station.

D G

When your papa found out, he began to shout & he started the investigation.

D G

It was against the law, it was against the law.

D G

What the mama saw, it was against the law.

Mama looked down and spit on the ground every time my name gets mentioned.

And your papa said, "Oy, if I get that boy

I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention."

BRIDGE:

C G

Well, I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going.

C G A D

I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where.

C G

Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona.

F C D G C G D

See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard. [2x]

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:

In a couple of days they come to take me away,

But the press let the story leak.

And when the radical priest came to get me released,

We's all on the cover of Newsweek.

BRIDGE:

And I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm going

I'm on my way, taking my time, but I don't know where

Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona

See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard