{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2109757,"song":"1959","artist":"John Anderson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458038-1959-chords-by-john-anderson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2109757?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":59,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Cigarettes were a quarter then, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  bobby socks and jeans were in, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nElvis sang the songs that we loved so, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                \r\nand the most important thing to us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]      \r\n was keeping gas in my old truck, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   so I could take us to the drive-in show.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Then graduation finally came, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Uncle Sam called me away, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nyou married someone else while I was gone, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I've kept your letter all these years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           \r\n  and I can't help but shed a tear, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen I read the words you wrote me years ago.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nBaby I'm yours,    I'll love you always, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'm gonna stand by you until the end of time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nremember all of the good things   that we shared together[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsigned, love Betty,    nineteen fifty nine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  I never will forget the day, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen you and I went all the way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was the first for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you for me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've still got the truck that we loved in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nit takes me back there now and then, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nback to fifty nine in my memory.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nBaby I'm yours,    I'll love you always, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'm gonna stand by you until the end of time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nremember all of the good things   that we shared together[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsigned, love Betty,    nineteen fifty nine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC C C C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nC  C\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nC  C","chords":["C","Dm7","G","Bb","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}