Fifty Nine chords by George Baker

SimplifiedD · A · G · Em · F#m

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Verse 1
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D 
 (D major) Do -wop, be -do -wee, do -wee, do -wop, be  (A major) -do -wee, do  (D major) -wee, do -wop,
be -do -wee, do -wee, do -wop, be -do -wee, do -wee, yeah
Sitting alone by the fire
G 
Thinking of yesterday  (G major) 
D 
Feeling the glow of my whis (D major) key
A 
G 
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Slowly the time ticks  (A major) away  (G major)  (A major) 
G 
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No,  (G major)  (D major) it's not hard to remember
G 
The summer of fifty -nine  (G major) 
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Em 
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Rocking away  (D major) all  (E minor) my  sor (D major) rows
A 
No thought of to (A major) morrow
D 
The world will  (D major) be mine
A 
So tell me where  (A major) it went wrong
Em 
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We're playing  (E minor) a    (D major) different song
G 
Somebody switched  (G major) off the light
F#m 
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D 
That  (F sharp minor) rainy day  (A major) when  (D major) Elvis died
A 
What happened to  (A major) Phil and Don?
D 
Remember Roy  (D major) Orbison?
G 
Somebody switched  (G major) off the light
A 
D 
A 
D 
A 
D 
That  (A major) rainy day when  (D major) Elvis died  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
I stood one hour for the mirror
Holding my old guitar
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G 
D 
 (G major) Trying to move  (D major) as  (G major) my  (D major) heroes
A 
G 
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Dreamin' of bein' a  (A major) star  (G major)  (A major) 
D 
Sit (D major) tin' alone by the fire
G 
31 years passed  (G major) away
Em 
D 
Still I'm in love with  (E minor) my  mu (D major) sic
The dream's still alive
A 
D 
 (A major) No one takes that away  (D major) 
A 
So tell me where  (A major) it went wrong
D 
We're playing a  (D major) different song
G 
Somebody should stop  (G major) the lights
F#m 
A 
D 
That  (F sharp minor) rainy day  (A major) when  (D major) Elvis died
A 
What happened to  (A major) feeling done?
Em 
D 
Remember  (E minor) I    (D major) are the sun
G 
Somebody should stop  (G major) the lights
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) That  (A major) rainy day when  (D major) Elvis died
A 
Em 
So tell me where  (A major) it went  (E minor) wrong
A 
D 
Her  (A major) playing a  (D major) different song
G 
Somebody switch  (G major) up the lights
F#m 
A 
D 
That  (F sharp minor) rainy day  (A major) when  (D major) Elvis died
A 
What happened to  (A major) Phil and I
Em 
D 
Remember  (E minor) our  (D major) Army son
G 
Somebody switch up  (G major) the lights
A 
D 
That  (A major) rainy day, when  (D major) Elvis died