1979 Chords by Good Charlotte
Tempo:
58.525 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
G
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [C] [Am]
[C] [A] Here we go, Benji.
You guys ready?
[Fm] [C] 1, 2, 3, 4.
[F]
[Am] [G] [C] [Am] Oh oh, [G] [C] [F]
[Am] [G] [F] oh oh, [G] [C] life was simple.
[Am] Roger was [G] working round the clock [C] to make a [Am] living.
No [C] computer, none of that he used his [F] two hands.
[Am] Ignore the [C] coal or his wife would [Am] keep him [C] warm.
On the weekends, [Am] he'd load the car [C] up with the kids and they'd go fishing.
[Am] No need to [C] work an extra job, there's no [F] recession.
[Am] Damn right he's [C] muddle-eyed, they lay [F] awake at night [Am] so in [G] love.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[F] Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [G] staying [C] alight.
The [F] clock was on the [Am] radio and [G] mom and dad were [C] still in love in [F] [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good year.
[Am] [G] [C] In the [F] morning, Robin [G] always woke up [C] early in the kitchen.
[Am] She'd make the [C] coffee, pack his lunch and then she'd kiss him.
[Am] And he was [G] older than his [C] height, but they were [Am] [G] newlyweds.
[C] He'd say maybe, [Am] and she would [C] laugh, they knew they'd have another baby.
[F] She'd slave away [C] all day until dinner was ready.
[F] And they would [C] drive so slow, so [F] just the [Am] way it [G] was.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[Am] Highway to hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the [Am] radio and [C] mom and dad were still in love in [F]
[Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [Am] good, good year.
All the [C] decades and the years [G] have passed.
[F] Not every [C] family is built to [G] last.
[Am] No time can [G] take away these memories.
[F] Remember when you said you knew that [G] we'd be alright.
[C] [Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the radio and mom and dad were still in love in [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] Disco [G] couldn't [C] survive with the Dream [Am] Police and [G] Rocky Roe [C] High.
[F] Honey for the [Am] heart of us and [C] mom and dad bought their first house in [G] 1979.
It was a good, good year.
It was a [C] good, good year.
[C] [A] Here we go, Benji.
You guys ready?
[Fm] [C] 1, 2, 3, 4.
[F]
[Am] [G] [C] [Am] Oh oh, [G] [C] [F]
[Am] [G] [F] oh oh, [G] [C] life was simple.
[Am] Roger was [G] working round the clock [C] to make a [Am] living.
No [C] computer, none of that he used his [F] two hands.
[Am] Ignore the [C] coal or his wife would [Am] keep him [C] warm.
On the weekends, [Am] he'd load the car [C] up with the kids and they'd go fishing.
[Am] No need to [C] work an extra job, there's no [F] recession.
[Am] Damn right he's [C] muddle-eyed, they lay [F] awake at night [Am] so in [G] love.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[F] Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [G] staying [C] alight.
The [F] clock was on the [Am] radio and [G] mom and dad were [C] still in love in [F] [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good year.
[Am] [G] [C] In the [F] morning, Robin [G] always woke up [C] early in the kitchen.
[Am] She'd make the [C] coffee, pack his lunch and then she'd kiss him.
[Am] And he was [G] older than his [C] height, but they were [Am] [G] newlyweds.
[C] He'd say maybe, [Am] and she would [C] laugh, they knew they'd have another baby.
[F] She'd slave away [C] all day until dinner was ready.
[F] And they would [C] drive so slow, so [F] just the [Am] way it [G] was.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[Am] Highway to hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the [Am] radio and [C] mom and dad were still in love in [F]
[Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [Am] good, good year.
All the [C] decades and the years [G] have passed.
[F] Not every [C] family is built to [G] last.
[Am] No time can [G] take away these memories.
[F] Remember when you said you knew that [G] we'd be alright.
[C] [Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the radio and mom and dad were still in love in [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] Disco [G] couldn't [C] survive with the Dream [Am] Police and [G] Rocky Roe [C] High.
[F] Honey for the [Am] heart of us and [C] mom and dad bought their first house in [G] 1979.
It was a good, good year.
It was a [C] good, good year.
Key:
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Am
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Here we go, Benji.
You guys ready?
[Fm] _ [C] 1, 2, 3, 4.
[F] _
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] [Am] Oh oh, _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _
[Am] _ [G] [F] oh oh, _ [G] _ [C] life was simple.
[Am] Roger was [G] working round the clock [C] to make a [Am] living.
No [C] computer, none of that he used his [F] two hands.
[Am] Ignore the [C] coal or his wife would [Am] keep him [C] warm.
On the weekends, [Am] he'd load the car [C] up with the kids and they'd go fishing.
[Am] No need to [C] work an extra job, there's no [F] recession.
[Am] Damn right he's [C] muddle-eyed, they lay [F] awake at night [Am] so in [G] love.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[F] Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [G] staying [C] alight.
The [F] clock was on the [Am] radio and [G] mom and dad were [C] still in love in [F] [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good year.
[Am] _ [G] [C] In the [F] morning, Robin [G] always woke up [C] early in the kitchen.
[Am] She'd make the [C] coffee, pack his lunch and then she'd kiss him.
[Am] And he was [G] older than his [C] height, but they were [Am] [G] newlyweds.
[C] He'd say maybe, [Am] and she would [C] laugh, they knew they'd have another baby.
[F] She'd slave away [C] all day until dinner was ready.
[F] And they would [C] drive so slow, so [F] just the [Am] way it [G] was.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[Am] Highway to hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the [Am] radio and [C] mom and dad were still in love in [F]
[Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [Am] good, good year.
All the [C] decades and the years [G] have passed.
[F] Not every [C] family is built to [G] last.
[Am] No time can [G] take away these memories.
[F] Remember when you said you knew that [G] we'd be alright.
_ [C] _ [Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the radio and mom and dad were still in love in [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] Disco [G] couldn't [C] survive with the Dream [Am] Police and [G] Rocky Roe [C] High.
[F] Honey for the [Am] heart of us and [C] mom and dad bought their first house in [G] 1979.
It was a good, good year.
It was a [C] good, good year.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Here we go, Benji.
You guys ready?
[Fm] _ [C] 1, 2, 3, 4.
[F] _
[Am] _ [G] _ [C] [Am] Oh oh, _ [G] _ [C] _ [F] _
[Am] _ [G] [F] oh oh, _ [G] _ [C] life was simple.
[Am] Roger was [G] working round the clock [C] to make a [Am] living.
No [C] computer, none of that he used his [F] two hands.
[Am] Ignore the [C] coal or his wife would [Am] keep him [C] warm.
On the weekends, [Am] he'd load the car [C] up with the kids and they'd go fishing.
[Am] No need to [C] work an extra job, there's no [F] recession.
[Am] Damn right he's [C] muddle-eyed, they lay [F] awake at night [Am] so in [G] love.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[F] Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [G] staying [C] alight.
The [F] clock was on the [Am] radio and [G] mom and dad were [C] still in love in [F] [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good year.
[Am] _ [G] [C] In the [F] morning, Robin [G] always woke up [C] early in the kitchen.
[Am] She'd make the [C] coffee, pack his lunch and then she'd kiss him.
[Am] And he was [G] older than his [C] height, but they were [Am] [G] newlyweds.
[C] He'd say maybe, [Am] and she would [C] laugh, they knew they'd have another baby.
[F] She'd slave away [C] all day until dinner was ready.
[F] And they would [C] drive so slow, so [F] just the [Am] way it [G] was.
It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
[Am] Highway to hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the [Am] radio and [C] mom and dad were still in love in [F]
[Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [Am] good, good year.
All the [C] decades and the years [G] have passed.
[F] Not every [C] family is built to [G] last.
[Am] No time can [G] take away these memories.
[F] Remember when you said you knew that [G] we'd be alright.
_ [C] _ [Am] The [G] kids were [C] alright.
Highway to [Am] hell, feet are [C] staying alight.
The clock was on the radio and mom and dad were still in love in [Am] 1979.
[G] It was a [C] good, good [F] year.
[Am] Disco [G] couldn't [C] survive with the Dream [Am] Police and [G] Rocky Roe [C] High.
[F] Honey for the [Am] heart of us and [C] mom and dad bought their first house in [G] 1979.
It was a good, good year.
It was a [C] good, good year.