The Way It Was in '51 chords by Merle Haggard
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Sixty-six was was still
a narrow two-lane highway
highway
Harry Truman was the man
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who ran the show
The bad Korean war was just beginning
And I was just three years
D
too young to go
Country Music hadn't gone
to New York City yet
And a service man was proud
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of what he'd done
Hank and Lefty crowded
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ev'ry jukebox
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That's the way it was in fifty one.
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Verse 2
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There's so much about the good
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old days I'd love to tell
And there's folks around I
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know still remember well
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Slow dancin' close together
when a ballad played
'Cause a thing called Rock
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and Roll was yet to come
It was a big year for a drive-in
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rest'rant car hop
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That's the way it was in
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fifty one.
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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There's so much about the good
D
old days I'd love to tell
And there's folks around I
A
know still remember well
D
Slow dancin' close together
when a ballad played
'Cause a thing called Rock
and Roll was yet to come
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It was a big year for a drive-in
D
rest'rant car hop
A
D
That's the way it was in fifty one.
Verse 4
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Yeah! Hank and Lefty
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crowded ev'ry jukebox
A
D
Oh Lord, That's the way it was in fifty one.
The Way It Was in '51
Merle Haggard
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