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Im Goin Back To School

Biography:

Dee Clark (November 7, 1938 – December 7, 1990) was an American rhythm & blues and soul singer best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the ballad "Raindrops," which became a million-seller in the United States in 1961.

He was born Delecta Clark in Blytheville, Arkansas, and moved to Chicago in 1941. His mother, Essie Mae Clark, was a gospel singer and encouraged her son to pursue his love of music.

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I'm Goin' Back To School:Dee Clark.
#18 on R&B and #52 on BB Hot 100 on
VEE-JAY Records in 1962.

INTRO: Ab

#1.
Db Fm Gb Db Gb Db
Vacation is ov-er (and I'm going back to school.)
A Gb Db Ebm
You can quit if you wanna (but I'm going back
Db
to school)
Db Fm Gb
You know I miss that old long nosed teacher of
Db Gb Db
mine (I'm going back to school.)
Bbm D Fm Gb B
I'm gonna get me a diploma or I'll die trying.
Db Cm Db
(I'm going back to school.)

CHORUS:
Bbm Db Gb Db Eb Ab
Oh, oh, I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
Db Gb Db Ebm Db
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.

#2.
Db Ab Db
All the pretty girls, that's where they'll all be.
Db Cm Db
(I'm going back to school.)
Ebm Db F Gb
We'll have a lot of fun, just you wait and see.
Db Gb Db
(I'm going back to school.)

CHORUS:
Ab Db Gb Db Eb Ab
Oh, oh, I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
Db Gb Db Ebm Db
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.

SPOKEN:
Db Gb Ab
Hey, Charlie (yeah, Dee) hey, you going back
Gb
to school this year?
Gb Db
(Yeah, I'll be right there) fine.
Gb Ab Gb Db
Hey, Marv (yeah) hey, you going back to school?
Db Gb
(Of course, I'll be there..I'll be there) all right.
Db Gb
Hey, Humphrey, hey, Humphrey (uh, yeah, what do
Ab Gb
you want, Dee?) Hey, look, you going back to school
Db
this year, boy? (No, I don't think I'm gonna make
Gb
it, Dee.)
Ab Gb Ab
Hey, man, you better come on back to school, man.
Gb
(What do you think..I'm a dumbbell or something?)
Gb Ab
Why, no, it's not that, Humphrey, but, man, we're
Gb
sure gonna miss you on the football team this year.
Db Gb
I know that. (Hey, yeah, the football team.)
Db
(Hey, you know I couldn't even find a job this summer?)
Db
(I think I'm gonna make it back there, you know?)
Gb
Yeah, you better come on back.

CHORUS:
Db Gb
Hey, hey, listen..I'm going back (come on, Humphrey)
Ab Db
I'm going back to school.
Db Gb Ab Db
I'm going back..I'm going back to school..(Come on,

fellas!)
Db Gb Db Gb Db
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.
Db Gb Db Gb Db
I'm going back..I'm going back to school.

Lemme hear it one more time!

OUTRO:
Db Gb Db Ab Db
I'm going back (everybody) I'm going back to school.
Db Gb Db Ab Db
I'm going back (woo) I'm going back to school..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.