ORDER: I C1 V1 C2 V2 C3 B FC O
[INTRO]
Am7 G#dim7
Here's the old school, with the new school
Em7
Here's the old school, with the new school
Am7 G#dim7
Here's the old school, with the new school
Em7 C/E
Here's the old school, with the new school
[CHORUS 1]
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am11 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
[VERSE 1]
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am9 Am7/G
Hey boy, won't you play for me right now?
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am9 C/G C
Mm, give me that old school beat, I wanna hear it here
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am9
(here it is), grooving all night long
G C/G Fmaj9 E7-9 Am9 G C
I gotta let you know you got it go - ing on, play it for me
[CHORUS 2]
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am11 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
[VERSE 2]
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am11 Am7/G
Hey boy, let me hear your song
Fmaj9 E7-9 Am11 G6
Yeah, play 'til the break of dawn
C/E Fmaj9 E7-9 Am11 Am7/G
Keep it right here, grooving all night
C Fmaj9 E7-9 Am11 Am7/G Cadd9
I gotta let you know that it feels so right, play it for me
[CHORUS 3]
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am9 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am9 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
(let off on the percussion and bass)
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am11
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
[BRIDGE]
Fmaj9 E7-9
Yo, back in the days I used to listen to records
Am11 Am7/G C
Trying to figure out how I could make my own records
Fmaj9 E7-9
Working in restaurants, busting on dishes
Am11 G C
Hoping that the man upstairs respect my wishes
Fmaj9 E7-9
Cigarette lighters, Ardig wallets, I was selling them
Am11 n.c.
'Till I met the B.H. and bust down A Capella to him
Fmaj9 E7-9
He said you got talent and you're going places
Am11 G C
I'd heard that line before but what the heck, I signed the papers
Fmaj9 E7-9
Ever since that day I drew my head high it was on
Am11 G C
And now I'm mixing new music with the old school songs
[FINAL CHORUS]
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am11 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
[OUTRO]
(repeat to fade)
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 Am7/G
R. Kelly play me something from the old school
Fmaj7 E7-9 Am7 G C
R. Kelly play me something from the old school