1959
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Written by Gary Gentry '1980
Keep Picking - Dan Mooney - Portland, Oregon
(C)Cigarettes were a quarter then, bobby socks and jeans were in, Elvis sang
the songs that we loved (Dm7)so, (G)and the (Dm7)most important (G)thing to
us, (Dm7)was keeping gas in (G)my old truck, (Dm7)so I could take us (G)to
the drive in (C)show.
(C)Then graduation finally came, Uncle Sam called me away, you married
someone else while I was (Dm7)gone, (G)but I've (Dm7)kept your letter (G)all
these years, (Dm7)and I can't help but (G)shed a tear, when I (Dm7)read the
words you (G)wrote me years
(C)ago.
[Refrão](C)Baby I'm (Bb)yours, (F)I'll love you always, I'm gonna (Bb)stand by you
(F)until the end of (C)time, remember (Bb)all of the good things (F)that we
shared to(C)gether, signed, love (Bb)Betty, (F)nineteen fifty (C)nine.
(C)I never will forget the day, when you and I went all the way, I was the
first for you, and you for (Dm7)me, (G)I've still (Dm7)got the truck that
(G)we loved in, it (Dm7)takes me back there (G)now and then, (Dm7)back to
fifty (G)nine in my memo(C)ry.
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