Child Of The 50s Chords

  			(Don): 
C           F            C 
I grew up a child of the 50s 
                        F              G 
Learned to dance to the beat of rock & roll 
    F             C 
Television was my friend 
       C7            F 
I Love Lucy, Rin Tin Tin 
          C               G7             C 
Kissed my first girl when I was 10 years old 
 
Verse 2 (Phil): 
Took a turn for the worse in the 60s 
Saw some real people die on TV 
I learned love's hard cold facts 
Paid my first income tax 
One small step for the man I'm gonna be 

                              F             C 
I'll never feel bad 'bout the times that we had 
     F          C         G 
I'll never look back in regret 
    C                      F          D7 
The heaven you gave I will treasure & save 
          F           G7         C 
'Cause it might be as close as I get 
 
(key shifts to F) 
 
Verse 3 (Lew): 
F            Bm          F...etc. 
The 70s were 10 years of reruns 
News of Watergate was nothin' new 
The Democrats got it, we fell in love again 
When Elvis died, we all knew that we could too 
 
Verse 4 (Harold): 
Now I'm facin' the most of the 80s 
Old enough to run for President 
It's hard to think it's me, the father of 3 
Oh America, I don't know where it went 
 
(chorus, then repeat its last 2 lines)