59

D  G

[VERSE]
D                       G
Well I was born back in '59
D                         G
I didn't come late, I was right on 
time.
D                C           G
We had a '59 ford that never ran 
quite right.
D                            C    
We'd catch a drive in movie, every 
 G
Saturday night.
Em
Well times were hard for the working
 man
G
Daddy tried to understand.

[Chorus]
D                         A
Everything I love is from '59
       Bm                G
My first guitar and that girl of 
mine.
D                         A
Everything I want is from '59
    C                  G
I guess I’m behind the times
       Em           G             
'cause everything I love's from 
  D
'59.

[VERSE]
D
Well the prince said hey Grace Kelly
          G
would you be my wife?
    D                G
And Bobby Darin sang MACK THE KNIFE
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D                      C     G
They took Eddie Cochran what could 
we do?
D                             C  
Once he was gone we knew that 
      G
rock and roll was through.
Em
We had Technicolor at the scene of 
the crime
G
Coupe Devilles rolling off of the 
line.

[Chorus]
D                          A
Everything I love is from '59
       Bm                       
My first guitar and that girl of 
  G
mine.
D                         A
Everything I want is from '59
    C                  G
I guess I’m behind the times
       Em           G             D
'cause everything I love's from '59.

[Bridge]
Bm
Everything I love
G
Everything I love
Em
Everything I love
C    A
Everything.

[VERSE]
D               G
Wonder where as time rolls on
D                     G
All that style from 1959 has gone.
D                    C       G
But I’ve got memories in the back of
 my mind.
D                C               G
What it was like to be alive in '59.
Em
We had Technicolor at the scene of 
the crime,
G
Coupe Devilles rolling off of the 
line.

[CHORUS]
D                          A
Everything I love is from '59
       Bm                       
My first guitar and that girl of 
  G
mine.
D                         A
Everything I want is from '59
    C                  G
I guess I’m behind the times

D                          A
Everything I love is from '59
       Bm                       
My first guitar and that girl of 
  G
mine.
D                         A
Everything I want is from '59
    C                  G
I guess I’m behind the times
       Em
'cause everything I love
Bm
Everything I love
G                             D
Everything I love is from ’59