The Way It Was in '51

The Way It Was in '51 easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo
  • G

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Sixty-six 
    was 
    was 
    still 

    a narrow 
    two-lane 
    highway 

    highway 

    Harry 
    Truman 
    was 
    the man 

    who 
    ran 
    the show 

    The 
    bad 
    Korean 
    war 
    was 
    just 
    beginning 

    And 
    was 
    just 
    three 
    years 

    too 
    young 
    to 
    go 

    Country 
    Music 
    hadn't 
    gone 

    to 
    New 
    York 
    City 
    yet 

    And 
    a service 
    man 
    was 
    proud 

    of 
    what 
    he'd 
    done 

    Hank 
    and 
    Lefty 
    crowded 

    ev'ry 
    jukebox 

    That's 
    the 
    way 
    it 
    was 
    in 
    fifty 
    one. 

    Verse 2
    There's 
    so 
    much 
    about 
    the 
    good 

    old 
    days 
    I'd 
    love 
    to 
    tell 

    And 
    there's 
    folks 
    around 

    know 
    still 
    remember 
    well 

    Slow 
    dancin' 
    close 
    together 

    when 
    ballad 
    played 

    'Cause 
    a thing 
    called 
    Rock 

    and 
    Roll 
    was 
    yet 
    to come 

    It 
    was 
    big 
    year 
    for 
    drive-in 

    rest'rant 
    car 
    hop 

    That's 
    the 
    way 
    it 
    was 
    in 

    fifty 
    one. 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 3
    There's 
    so 
    much 
    about 
    the 
    good 

    old 
    days 
    I'd 
    love 
    to tell 

    And 
    there's 
    folks 
    around 

    know 
    still 
    remember 
    well 

    Slow 
    dancin' 
    close 
    together 

    when 
    ballad 
    played 

    'Cause 
    a thing 
    called 
    Rock 

    and 
    Roll 
    was 
    yet 
    to come 

    It was 
    big 
    year 
    for 
    drive-in 

    rest'rant 
    car 
    hop 

    That's 
    the 
    way 
    it 
    was 
    in 
    fifty 
    one. 

    Verse 4
    Yeah! 
    Hank 
    and 
    Lefty 

    crowded 
    ev'ry 
    jukebox 

    Oh 
    Lord, 
    That's 
    the 
    way 
    it 
    was 
    in 
    fifty 
    one. 

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