A child of the fifties Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I grew up a c[C]hild of the fif[G]ties
Learned to dance to the [C]beat
of rock and [D]roll
Televi[C]sion was my [D]friend,
I Love [G]Lucy, Rin Tin [C]Tin
Kissed my [G]first girl when
[D]I was 10 years o[G]ld

[Verse 2]
Took a [G]turn for the [C]worse in [G]the sixties
Saw some real people [C]die [D]on TV
I learned [C]love's hard cold [D]facts,
paid my [G]first income [C]tax
One small [G]step for the [D]man I'm gonna be
[G]

[Verse 3]
And [D]I'll [G]never feel bad 'bout
the [C]times that we [G]had
I'll [C]never look [G]back in re[D]gret
The [G]heaven you gave,
I will [C]treasure and [A]save
Cause it [D]might be as close
as I get
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]The seventies were [F]ten years of [C]re- runs
News of Water[F]gate was nothin' [G]new
The [F]democrats got [G]it,
we [C]fell in love [F]again
When Elvis [C]died,
we all [G]knew that we could [C]too

[Verse 5]
Now I'm [C]facin' the [F]most of the [C]eighties
Old enough to [F]run for Presid[G]ent
It's [F]hard to think it's [G]me,
the [C]father of [F]three
Oh America,
[C]I don[G]'t know where it wen[C]t

[Verse 6]
And I'll [C]never feel bad 'bout
the [F]times that we [C]had
I'll [F]never look [C]back in [G]re gret
The [C]heaven you gave,
I will [F]treasure and [D]save
Cause it [G]might be as close as I get
[C]

[Verse 7]
The heaven you gave,
I will [F]treasure and [D]save
Cause it [G]might be as close as I get

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