1959

	  		Written by Gary Gentry '1980 
Keep Picking - Dan Mooney - Portland, Oregon 
 
(C)Cigarettes were a quarter then, bobby socks and jeans were in, Elvis sang 
the songs that we loved (Dm7)so, (G)and the (Dm7)most important (G)thing to 
us, (Dm7)was keeping gas in (G)my old truck, (Dm7)so I could take us (G)to 
the drive in (C)show. 
 
 
(C)Then graduation finally came, Uncle Sam called me away, you married 
someone else while I was (Dm7)gone, (G)but I've (Dm7)kept your letter (G)all 
these years, (Dm7)and I can't help but (G)shed a tear, when I (Dm7)read the 
words you (G)wrote me years 
(C)ago. 
(C)Baby I'm (Bb)yours, (F)I'll love you always, I'm gonna (Bb)stand by you 
(F)until the end of (C)time, remember (Bb)all of the good things (F)that we 
shared to(C)gether, signed, love   (Bb)Betty, (F)nineteen fifty (C)nine.
 
(C)I never will forget the day, when you and I went all the way, I was the 
first for you, and you for (Dm7)me, (G)I've still (Dm7)got the truck that 
(G)we loved in, it (Dm7)takes me back there (G)now and then, (Dm7)back to 
fifty (G)nine in my memo(C)ry. 
 
 
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