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Intro: Em Em9 G A
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I remember '62. I was sixteen and so were you.
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And we lived next door, on the avenue.
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Jerry Lee was big and Elvis too. Blue jeans and blue suede shoes,
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and we never knew, what life held in store.
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We just wanted to rock 'n' roll forever more.
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We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids and Rock 'n' Roll was all we did.
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And listening to those songs on the radio.
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I was yours and you were mine but that was once upon a time.
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Now we never seem to Rock 'n' Roll anymore.
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Now Johnny's in love with the girl next door.
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Mary's down at the record store. They don't want to be,
around us no more.
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"Golden Oldies" but we hardly speak. Too busy running
to a different beat.
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Hard to understand, we were once like them.
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How I wish we could find those Rock 'n' Roll days again.
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We were the Rock 'n' Roll Kids and Rock 'n' Roll was all we did.
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And listening to those songs on the radio.
G D/F# G D/F#
I was yours and you were mine but that was once upon a time.
Em Em9 G A D x2
Now we never seem to Rock 'n' Roll anymore.
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D/F#
I was yours and you were mine, but that was once upon a time.
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Em Em9 G
Now we never seem to Rock 'n' Roll.
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G
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D/F#
We just never seem to Rock 'n' Roll.. anymore.