Chords for David Frizzell - The Way It Was In '51

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_ _ _ _ _ _ 66 still a narrow _ Tulane Highway
_ Harry _ _ Truman was the man who [B] ran the show
That _ _ _ _ bad career war was just beginning
_ _ And _ _ _ I was just three years too [E] young to go
_ _ _ _ Country music hadn't gone in New York City
_ _ And the service man was proud [Bm] of what he'd [A]
done _ _ _ _ _ _
Thanking left the crowded every [E] June _ _ bus
_ [B] _ _
That's the way it was, _ [E] 51
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] [C#] There's [B] so much about the good old days [E] I'd love to tell
_ _ _ There's folks around I _ still [B]
remember well
_ _ Slow [E]
dancing close together _ when the ballet [B] [A] played
[E] _ There's a thing called rock and roll, [Bm] [E] yeah it's [A] a cow _ _ _ _ _ _
Begging for a drive in a restaurant [E]
called Hall
_ _ _ _ _ [B]
That's the way it was, _ [E] 51
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_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _
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_ There's _ _ [B] _ [C#m] [B] so much about the good old days [E]
I'd love to tell
_ _ _ There's folks around I still [C#] _
[B] remember [F#m] [B] well
_ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [E]
Slow dancing close together _ when the ballet played
_ There's a thing [Bm] called rock [E] and roll, _ yeah it's [A] a cow _ _ _ _ _ _
Begging for a drive in a restaurant [E] called Hall
_ _ [C#m] Hey, _ [B]
that's the way it was in _ [E] 51
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
Thanking left the crowded every [E]
June bus
_ [C#m] Hey, [B] _
that's the way it was in [E] 51 _
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