Merle Haggard – The Way In Was In 51 (Guitar)

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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.