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                 The Class of 57 - The Statler Brothers
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com

Tuning: Standard

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



Intro:
E  Abm  F#m  B7


E               Abm        F#m            B7
Tommy's selling used cars, Nancy's fixing hair,
A                               F#m
Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care.
E              Abm                 F#m                B7
Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make,
    A                             B7             E
And Paul sells life insurance and part time real estate.



E          Abm      F#m                B7
Helen is a hostess, Frank works at the mill,
A                              F#m
Janet teaches grade school and probably always will.
E                 Abm      F#m             B7
Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research,
    A                        B7           E
And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church.



Chorus:
        A                    E
And the class of '57 had its dreams,
    Abm                                       F#m                 B7                  
Oh, we all thought we'd change the world with our great works and deeds.
   A                                     E                 Abm
Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs,
    A                    E      F
The class of '57 had its dreams.


F            Am            Gm        C7
Betty runs a trailer park, Jan sells Tupperware,
Bb                         Gm
Randy's on an insane ward, Mary's on welfare.
F              Am             Gm                 C7
Charlie took a job with Ford, Joe took Freddie's wife,
Bb                                C7               F
Charlotte took a millionaire, and Freddie took his life.

   
F              Am      Gm             C7
John is big in cattle, Ray is deep in debt,
Bb                              Gm
Where Mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet.
F             Am     Gm             C7
Linda married Sonny, Brenda married me,
        Bb                    C7             F
And the class of all of us is just a part of history.


(Repeat Chorus)