Chords for 1959

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_ _ _ _ Cigarettes were a quarter then,
_ Bobby socks and jeans were in,
_ Elvis sang songs that we loved [D] so.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ And [Dm] the most important [G]
thing to us
[Dm] Was keeping gas [G] in my old truck
[Dm] So I could take us to the driving show.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Then graduation _ finally came,
_ Uncle Sam called me away,
You married someone else while I [D] was gone.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] But I've kept your letter [G]
all these years,
[Dm] And I can't [G] help but shed a tear
[Dm] When I read the words [G] you wrote me [C] years ago. _ _ _
_ Baby, [Bb] I'm yours, [F] I _ love [C] you always, _ _
_ I'm gonna [Bb] stand by you [F] until the end [C] of time. _ _ _
_ Remember [Bb] all of the good _ [F]
things that we shared [C] together. _ _ _
Signed, [Bb] Love, Betty, _ _ [C] _
_ 1959.
I _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ never will forget the day
_ When you and I went all the way.
I was the first for you, _ [D] and you for me.
[G] _
_ _ [Em] I've [Dm] still got the [G] truck that we loved in,
[Dm] It takes me back [G] there now and then,
[Dm] Back to [G] 59 in my _ [C] memory. _ _ _
_ And baby, [Bb] I'm yours, _ [F] _
_ I [C] love you always, _ _
_ I'm [Bb] gonna stand by you [F] until the end [C] of time. _ _
_ Remember [Bb] all of the good _ [F]
things that we shared [C] _ together. _ _
Signed, [Bb] Love, Betty, _ _ [F] _
_ 1959.
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