Class Of '57 Chords

KeyE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays391

Class Of '57 by Statler Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, F#m, Bm, D7, G, E7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
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D               F#m        Bm             D7 
Tommy?s selling used cars, Nancy?s fixing hair 
G                               E7 
Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn?t care 
D              F#m                 Bm 
Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte?s on the make 
    G                             A                D  
And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate 
D          F#m      Bm                 D7    
Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill 
G                              E7 
Janet teaches grade school and probably always will 
D                 F#m      Bm 
Bob works for the city and Jack?s in lab research  
    G                       A            D 
And Peggy play organ at the Presbyterian Church 

        G                    D 
And the class of ?57 had its dreams 
Bm                                        E7                 A 
We all thought we?d change the world with our great work and deeds 
   G                                     D                 Bm 
Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs 
    G          A         D 
The class of ?57 had its dreams 
 
 
Move Capo to 3 ? Same chord progression 
 
Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware 
Randy on an insane ward, Mary?s on welfare 
Charlie took a job at Ford, Joe took Freddie?s wife 
Charlotte took a millionaire and Freddie took his life 
Johnny?s big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt 
Where Mavis finally would up is anybodies guess 
Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me 
And the class of all of us are just part of history 
 
Chorus 2: 
And the class of ?57 had its dreams 
But livin? life day to day is never like it seems 
Things get complicated when you get past 18 
The class of ?57 had its dreams 
Aw, the class of ?57 had it?s dreams 
  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante