1955 Chords by Billy Cobb
Tempo:
69.975 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [F#m] [E]
[D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E] If I were [F#] a few [Em] generations younger, [D] who would know?
[C#] What I like and [Bm] what I do, my [E] taste in music, [A] taste in clothes.
[E] Perhaps I'd meet a [F#m] girl that likes the [E] things I do and [D] maybe more.
[C#] We'd take my [B] Thunderbird for a summer [E] trip down to the [G#] shore.
[A] [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back [E] in time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 [F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [Am] eternity.
[E] I can see your [F#m] face, your hair, your spray [E] hair, and polka [D] dotted dress.
I [C#] got suspenders, [B] got my thick crimp [E] glasses, and my [A] hair's a mess.
But [E] you don't care, [F#m] we just sip our [E] milkshakes and theorize [D] about the moon.
[C#] Listen to Perry [B] Como, I get [E] jealous as you [G#] swoon.
[A] [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back in [E] time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 I [F#] would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [A] eternity.
[F#] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [D] [E]
[A] [F#] [D] [E]
[A] Maybe [E] we can build [C#] a boat and sail [B] across the sea.
[A]
[D] And all [G#] that trick light [D] will blind us from the [E] starry sky.
[A] I [E] take your hand, you [A] be mine.
But [B] in my car at the [E] drive [D]-in, the [G#] radio is all we [D] need to feel [E] alive.
[A] Build a [G#] rocket ship and fly [F#] to the moon [E] and never come [D] back.
I'll see you [Dm] on the edge of the [B] galaxy as we [E] run on for [A] miles.
And I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though it ain't [A] 1955.
[F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by
[D] [C#m] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E] If I were [F#] a few [Em] generations younger, [D] who would know?
[C#] What I like and [Bm] what I do, my [E] taste in music, [A] taste in clothes.
[E] Perhaps I'd meet a [F#m] girl that likes the [E] things I do and [D] maybe more.
[C#] We'd take my [B] Thunderbird for a summer [E] trip down to the [G#] shore.
[A] [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back [E] in time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 [F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [Am] eternity.
[E] I can see your [F#m] face, your hair, your spray [E] hair, and polka [D] dotted dress.
I [C#] got suspenders, [B] got my thick crimp [E] glasses, and my [A] hair's a mess.
But [E] you don't care, [F#m] we just sip our [E] milkshakes and theorize [D] about the moon.
[C#] Listen to Perry [B] Como, I get [E] jealous as you [G#] swoon.
[A] [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back in [E] time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 I [F#] would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [A] eternity.
[F#] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [D] [E]
[A] [F#] [D] [E]
[A] Maybe [E] we can build [C#] a boat and sail [B] across the sea.
[A]
[D] And all [G#] that trick light [D] will blind us from the [E] starry sky.
[A] I [E] take your hand, you [A] be mine.
But [B] in my car at the [E] drive [D]-in, the [G#] radio is all we [D] need to feel [E] alive.
[A] Build a [G#] rocket ship and fly [F#] to the moon [E] and never come [D] back.
I'll see you [Dm] on the edge of the [B] galaxy as we [E] run on for [A] miles.
And I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though it ain't [A] 1955.
[F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by
Key:
E
D
A
F#
G#
E
D
A
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [E] If I were [F#] a few [Em] generations younger, [D] who would know?
[C#] What I like and [Bm] what I do, my [E] taste in music, [A] taste in clothes.
[E] Perhaps I'd meet a [F#m] girl that likes the [E] things I do and [D] maybe more.
[C#] We'd take my [B] Thunderbird for a summer [E] trip down to the [G#] shore.
_ [A] _ _ [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back [E] in time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 [F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [Am] eternity.
[E] I can see your [F#m] face, your hair, your spray [E] hair, and polka [D] dotted dress.
I [C#] got suspenders, [B] got my thick crimp [E] glasses, and my [A] hair's a mess.
But [E] you don't care, [F#m] we just sip our [E] milkshakes and theorize [D] about the moon.
[C#] Listen to Perry [B] Como, I get [E] jealous as you [G#] swoon.
_ [A] _ [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back in [E] time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 I [F#] would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [A] eternity.
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ Maybe [E] we can build [C#] a boat and sail [B] across the sea.
[A] _
[D] And all [G#] that trick light [D] will blind us from the [E] starry sky.
[A] I _ [E] take your hand, you [A] be mine.
But [B] in my car at the [E] drive [D]-in, the [G#] radio is all we [D] need to feel [E] alive.
_ [A] Build a [G#] rocket ship and fly [F#] to the moon [E] and never come [D] back.
I'll see you [Dm] on the edge of the [B] galaxy as we [E] run on for [A] miles.
And I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though it ain't [A] 1955.
[F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by
_ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [E] If I were [F#] a few [Em] generations younger, [D] who would know?
[C#] What I like and [Bm] what I do, my [E] taste in music, [A] taste in clothes.
[E] Perhaps I'd meet a [F#m] girl that likes the [E] things I do and [D] maybe more.
[C#] We'd take my [B] Thunderbird for a summer [E] trip down to the [G#] shore.
_ [A] _ _ [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back [E] in time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 [F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [Am] eternity.
[E] I can see your [F#m] face, your hair, your spray [E] hair, and polka [D] dotted dress.
I [C#] got suspenders, [B] got my thick crimp [E] glasses, and my [A] hair's a mess.
But [E] you don't care, [F#m] we just sip our [E] milkshakes and theorize [D] about the moon.
[C#] Listen to Perry [B] Como, I get [E] jealous as you [G#] swoon.
_ [A] _ [G#] Homecoming can [A] only come [D] so soon.
[E] It's time [D] to go back in [E] time and come run [A] away with me.
I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though in [A] 1955 I [F#] would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by [E] length, but by an [A] eternity.
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ Maybe [E] we can build [C#] a boat and sail [B] across the sea.
[A] _
[D] And all [G#] that trick light [D] will blind us from the [E] starry sky.
[A] I _ [E] take your hand, you [A] be mine.
But [B] in my car at the [E] drive [D]-in, the [G#] radio is all we [D] need to feel [E] alive.
_ [A] Build a [G#] rocket ship and fly [F#] to the moon [E] and never come [D] back.
I'll see you [Dm] on the edge of the [B] galaxy as we [E] run on for [A] miles.
And I [F#] hope you are still [D] alive, [E] though it ain't [A] 1955.
[F#] I would be right there [D] by your side.
[E] If I was born in [A] 39, [F#] maybe we could [D] build a boat and [E] sail across the [A] sea.
But [F#] you're far away from [D] me, not just by
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