That Was The Way It Was Then

G                                         C
There's cowboys that still sit with their backs to the wall
D7                                                 G
Does a drifter still hear the high winds when they call
                                 C
Do the hobo's still eat pork and beans in a tin
       A7                    D7
Does a sailor still cast his precious faith to the wind

G                                    C
Are the villains in black hats still I see hero's in white
D7                                             G
Are the sock hops rocking and rolling Saturday nights
                                    C
Would a forty-nine Mercury would it still be out of sight
D7                      G
That was the way it was then

                           C
Ever night my loving honey I was James Dean
D7                                 G
Slow walking soft talking silently me
                     C
Surely the rebel and me lives again
A7                          D7
All for the cause you'll be all caught up in

G                                      C
Well it's a quarter till ten honey ole killer's lying here in bed
D7                                                  G
Spinning those old records memories lingering in my head
                                  C
You know the times were so good I remember songs so sad
        A7                           D7
For the game I used to play it ain't good it ain't bad

G                                 C
There's a woman I remember by the way what was her name
D7                                         G
We made love we made love in one hell of a rain
                     C
Baby ten minutes how time flew back then
        D7                G
It will never be that way again

      E7          A7
Never be that way again
D7                           G
Elvis Presley James Dean ole rocking Jerry Lee