key [C], artist: Brent Burns writer: Brent Burns, Bill Whyte
[C] We were Hendrix and Joplin, [G] Beatles and the Moody [C] Blues – – – [C] Tie-dyed and high, [G] surprised that Elvis was [C] too – – – We saw [F] John F and Bobby and [G] Martin die too [C] soon – – – We took [F] one big step when Armstrong danced on the [G] moon
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[C] We watched Andy and Barney, [G] some of us remember Gun-[C]smoke – – – [C] Before all those channels [G] we were Dad’s re-[C]-mote – – – Archie [F] Bunker came along, made us [G] think while he made us [C] laugh – – – Late night [F] TV’s not the same since Carson [G] passed
{ TAG LINE } – – – We were baby [C] boomers, we [G] lived all those yester-[C]days – – – [G] Baby [C] boomers, [F] red white and blue and [C] grey
[C] Some went to Canada, [G] some of us just stayed [C] home – – – [C] Some got married, [G] some had their numbers [C] called – – – Some [F] came back, [G] some gave it [C] all – – – Got their [F] names etched on a black granite [G] wall
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[C] Watergate, civil rights, [G] Ali Frazier those were fights – – – [C] Berlin Wall, burning bras, [G] some were doves some were hawks – – – [C] Boob tubes, birth control, [G] Namath won the Super Bowl
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