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Tabbed by: Dave S. 

Tuning: Standard

Artist: Statler Brothers
Album: The Best of the Statler Bros.
Year: 1975



Intro:
E5  Ab5  F#5  B5


E5               Ab5        F#5            B5
Tommy's selling used cars, Nancy's fixing hair,
A5                               F#5
Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care.
E5              Ab5                 F#5                B5
Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make,
    A5                             B5             E5
And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate.



E5          Ab5      F#5                B5
Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill,
A5                              F#5
Janet teaches grade school and probably always will.
E5                 Ab5      F#5             B5
Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research,
    A5                        B5           E5
And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church.



Chorus:
        A5                    E5
And the class of '57 had its dreams,
    Ab5                                       F#5                 B5                  
Oh, we all thought we'd change the world with our great works and deeds.
   A5                                     E5                 Ab5
Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs,
    A5                    E5      F5
The class of '57 had its dreams.


F5            A5            G5        C5
Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware,
Bb5                         G5
Randy's on an insane ward, Mary's on welfare.
F5              A5             G5                 C5
Charlie took a job with Ford, Joe took Freddie's wife,
Bb5                                C5               F5
Charlotte took a millionaire, and Freddie took his life.

   
F5              A5      G5             C5
John is big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt,
Bb5                              G5
Where Mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet.
F5             A5     G5             C5
Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me,
        Bb5                    C5             F5
And the class of all of us is just a part of history.


(Repeat Chorus)
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