The Way In Was In 51

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C
Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway
G
Harry Truman was the man who ran the show
The bad Korean was was just begining
C
And I was just three years too young to go
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
F
And a service man was proud of what he'd done
C
Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.
[Chorus]
G C
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
G
And there's folks around I know still remember well
C
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
F
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come
C
(It was) a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.
[Chorus]
G C
There's so much about the good old days I'd love to tell
G
And there's folks around I know still remember well
C
Slow dancin' close together when a ballad played
F
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to come
C
(It was) a big year for a drive-in rest'rant carhop
G C
That's the way it was in fifty one.

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The bad Korean was was just begining
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet
[Chorus]
[Chorus]

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