That Was The Way It Was Then Chords
That Was The Way It Was Then by Jerry Lee Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7, A7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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