Born In The 50s
The Police Key
A#m
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Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab
We were born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Verse 1
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My mother cried
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When president Kennedy died
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She said it was the communists
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But I knew better
Verse 2
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Would they drop the bomb on us
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While we made love on the beach?
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We were the class they couldn't teach
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'Cause we knew better
Chorus
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab
We were born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
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Born, born in the fifties
Verse 3
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They screamed
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When the Beatles sang
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And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs
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Oh they should've known better
Verse 4
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Oh we hated our Aunts
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Then we messed in our pants
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Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV
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Oh we should've known better
Chorus
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab
We were born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Outro
Ebm7 Ab
We freeze like statues on the pages of history
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Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.'s
Ebm7 F#7 F#m
Oh, you opened the door for us and then you turned to dust
Bb
You don't understand us, so don't reprimand us
Bb
We're taking the future, we don't need no teacher
Chorus
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Bb Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Eb Db Ab
Born, born in the fifties
Verse
Bb Ab Eb Db Ebm7 F#7 F#m
E|--6---4---6---4----6-----2----2--|
B|--6---4---8---6----7-----2----2--|
G|--7---5---8---6----6-----3----2--|
D|--8---6---8---6----8-----2----4--|
A|--8---6---6---4----6-----4----4--|
E|--6---4------------------2----2--|
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