Class Of '58 Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]Old jaz[D]z guys being intervie[G]wed
[D]Thirty years beyond their [G]prime
With [D]memories of road [Em]shows
[G]From the Golden [Gm]Age [Gdim]of
[D]Swi[A]ngtime
The pian[F#m]o player strikes a chord

[Verse 2]
[G]
Leans for[D]ward on his [G]stool
And [D]through they've all
[A]seen better [E]days
They've got that [Gdim]air
of [G]faded [D]cool
It's an entree [A]of another

[Verse 3]
[F#m]world
[Gm]One of [D]tailcoats [Em]and victrolas
And one day they'll [F#m]make TV [D]shows
On [A]aging [Gdim]rock- and- [A]rollers[F#m]
On [Em]aging [Edim]rock- a[A]nd-
[D]rollers

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[G]Then came the kid with the red
Colorama
And the Watkins copycat echo
chamber and the [D]toothy grin
With [G]one hand glued to the tremolo arm
While the singer moves around
like an Elvis clone

[Verse 5]
They really [D]packed them in
[A]And every song was sho[G]rt and sweet,
and [D]every beat was [A]fast
And every paper [G]in the land said
[F#m]rock- and- roll won't [Em]last
You [F#m]know it just won't l[Em]ast,
it's such a [D]rapid burn

[Verse 6]
And it's a [F]hard, hard,
[Em]hard lesson to [D]learn
It's [F]a hard, hard, [Em]hard lesson to learn
[D]

[Verse 7]
Well what are you going [C]to do
when it's all over?
[D]What are you going [C]to do right [D]now?
What are you going to [C]to
when [F]it's [C]all over?
[D]Will you get [C]along [D]somehow?
[C]I just don[D]'t know

[Verse 8]
[G][A][D]
[Bm]Feeling like [D]I d[Em]o ri[E]ght no[A]w
Ask me tomor[D]row
[A][D]

[Verse 9]
Red [F#]guitar, red [G]guitar[E]
You [G]know I really [A]miss
[D]that red [F#]guitar
Red gui[G]tar, red gui[E]tar
You [G]know I [A]really miss that red [D]guitar

[Verse 10]
[D]
And you can [G]write this on
my [D]tombstone[G]
That'll be my [D]fate
I'm a [G]graduate of [D]rock- and- [Em]roll[G]
[A][G][A][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[A]Class [D]of [F#]'58[G][E]

[Verse 11]
'58, '58, I'm a [G]graduate
of the [A]class [D]of '58
Red gui[F#]tar, '58, I'm [G]a[E]
[G]graduate of [A]the class [D]of '58

[Verse 12]
And there's [G]no use ana[D]lyzing these
[G]anthems that were sun[D]g
[G]Rock- and- roll's not [D]good or bad
It's just [Em]the sound of [G]being [A]young
And it's [G]a long long way
from [D]pompadours

[Verse 13]
And [G]doo- wop [D]and payola
And [G]one day they'll make [D]TV shows
on [A]aging rock- and- [D]rollers
[G]One [D]day they'llmakeTV shows on
[A]aging rock- and- rollers.

[Outro 1]
[D][F][G]
[D]