The Way In Was In '51

	  		(C)Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway 
Harry Truman was the man who ran the (G)show 
The bad Korean was was just begining 
And I was just three years too young to (C)go 
Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet 
And a service man was proud of what he'd (F)done 
Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry (C)jukebox 
(G)That's the way it was in fifty (C)one. 
 
CHORUS 
 
(G)There's so much about the good old days I'd love to (C)tell 
And there's folks around I know still remember (G)well 
Slow (C)dancin' close together when a ballad played 
'Cause a thing called Rock and Roll was yet to (F)come 
(It was) a big year for a drive-in rest'rant (C)carhop 
(G)That's the way it was in fifty (C)one. 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
Yeah! Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox 
Oh Lord That's the way it was in fifty one.