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Thats The Way It Was In 51 by Merle Haggard
Thats The Way It Was In 51
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
[Intro]
A E B B7 E
[Verse]
E
Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
B
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
B7
The bad Korean war was just beginning
E
And I was just three years too young to go
E
Country music hadn't gone to New York City yet
E7 A
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
E
And Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
B B7 E
That's the way it was in '51
[Chorus]
B B7 E
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
B B7
And there's folks around I know, still remember well
E
Slow dancing close together when a ballad played
E7 A
'Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll' was yet to come
E
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant, Carhop
B B7 E
And that's the way it was in '51
[Interlude]
E A E
B B7 E
[Chorus]
B B7 E
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
B B7
And there's folks around I know, still remember well
E
Slow dancing close together when a ballad played
E7 A
'Cause a thing called, 'Rock and Roll' was yet to come
E
It was a big year for a drive-in restaurant, Carhop
B B7 E
And that's the way it was in '51
[Outro]
A E
Yeah, Hank and Lefty crowded every jukebox
B B7 E
Oh Lord, that's the way it was in '51
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version 2
C
Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
G
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean was was just begining
C
And I was just three years too young to go
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
F
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
C
Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.
[Chorus]
G C
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
G
And there's folks around I know still remember well
C
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
F
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come
C
(It was) a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.
[Chorus]
G C
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
G
And there's folks around I know still remember well
C
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
F
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come
C
(It was) a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.
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