Bachman-Turner Overdrive – 60 Years Ago (Guitar)

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As recorded by Bachman-Turner Overdrive feat. Neil Young (2025 release) [Intro] E B A E B A [Verse 1]
  E                            B
I went back home – things were not the same

    A
You can't cross the street at Portage and Main

      E                    B
Those crossroads where the winds would blow

    A
Was Canada's home of rock and roll

E              B
Me and Burton, Turner and Neil

    A
The Guess Who, Overdrive and Buffalo Springfield

E                 B
Teenage dreams of rock and roll

         A
We never thought we'd get this old
[Chorus]
E         B
60 years ago

A
So damned cold and so much snow

E         B
60 years ago

   A
We stayed inside, we rocked and rolled
[Verse 2]
E                           B
Livin on the road and never gettin back home

A
Breaks you down - kills your heart and soul

     E        B                       A
When 1970 was over and done, American Woman was #1

E                        B
Back to the prairie town fightin to survive

    A
Got me and Turner into Overdrive

     E                    B
Only one thing left still on my mind

               A
There's always one more mountain to climb
[Chorus]
E         B
60 years ago

A
Summers were hot, but winters were cold

E         B
60 years ago

A
So good, it never got old

E                  B
So damned cold and so much snow

   A
We stayed inside, we rocked and rolled

E         B
60 years ago

       A
Oh I'm learning to play a rock and roll
[Guitar Solo] E B A E B A E B A E B A [Verse 3]
E                    B
So many stories that seem unreal

A
So many heartaches that just won't heal

E                  B
So many lessons of what went wrong

        A
And the road of life goes on

E                        B
Keep still rockin' after all these years

A
Healed his soul, cried away his tears

    E                   B
And looking back at the prairie town

   A
It sure looks different now, than
[Chorus]
E         B
60 years ago

A
Played around town and set the goal

E         B
60 years ago

A
Learning to play a rock and roll

E                  B
So damned cold and so much snow

   A
We stayed inside and rocked and rolled

E         B    A
60 years ago, oh yeah

                                E
We stayed inside and rocked and rolled
[Outro] B A E B A
E         B   A      E  B  A
60 years ago

E         B   A
60 years ago