Chords for John Anderson - 1959

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_ _ _ Cigarettes were a quarter then, _ _ Bobby socks and jeans were in, Elvis sang songs that we [G] loved so. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] And the most important [G] thing to us [Dm] was keeping [G] gas in my old truck, [Dm] so I could take [G] us to the driving [C] show. _ _ _ _ _
_ Then graduation finally came, _ Uncle Sam called me away, you married someone else while [D] I was gone.
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[Dm] But I 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 [Gm] Love Betty, _ _ [F] _ _
1959.
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_ _ never will forget the day when you and I went all the way, I was the first for you _ [D] and you for me.
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[Dm] I've still got the truck [G] that we loved then, [Dm] it takes me back [G] there now and then, [Dm] back to [G] 59 in my _ [C] memory.
_ 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. _ _ _
[Bb] Remember all of the good [F] things that we shared [C] together, _ _ _ signed [Gm] Love Betty, _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
[C] 1959. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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