{"id":23264,"date":"2025-06-02T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=23264"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:16:30","slug":"baby-boomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/baby-boomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Boomers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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key [C], artist: Brent Burns writer: Brent Burns, Bill Whyte<\/p>\n

[C]<\/em> <\/span>We were Hendrix and Joplin, [G]<\/em><\/strong> Beatles and the Moody [C]<\/em><\/strong> Blues – – –\u00a0<\/span>[C]<\/em><\/strong> Tie-dyed and high, [G]<\/em><\/strong> surprised that Elvis was [C]<\/em><\/strong> too – – –\u00a0<\/span>We saw [F]<\/em><\/strong> John F and Bobby and [G]<\/em><\/strong> Martin die too [C]<\/em><\/strong> soon – – –\u00a0<\/span>We took [F]<\/em><\/strong> one big step when Armstrong danced on the [G]<\/em><\/strong> moon<\/span><\/p>\n

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[C]<\/em><\/strong> We watched Andy and Barney, [G]<\/em><\/strong> some of us remember Gun-[C]<\/em><\/strong>smoke – – –\u00a0<\/span>[C]<\/em><\/strong> Before all those channels [G]<\/em><\/strong> we were Dad’s\u00a0re-[C]<\/em><\/strong><\/span>-mote\u00a0– – –\u00a0<\/span>Archie [F]<\/em><\/strong> Bunker came along, made us [G]<\/em><\/strong> think while he made us [C]<\/em><\/strong> laugh – – –\u00a0<\/span>Late night [F]<\/em><\/strong> TV’s not the same since Carson [G]<\/em><\/strong> passed<\/span><\/p>\n

{ TAG LINE } – – – We were baby [C]<\/em><\/strong> boomers, we [G]<\/em><\/strong> lived all those yester-[C]<\/em><\/strong>days – – –\u00a0<\/span>[G]<\/em><\/strong> Baby [C]<\/em><\/strong> boomers, [F]<\/em><\/strong> red white and blue and [C]<\/em><\/strong> grey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[C]<\/em><\/strong> Some went to Canada, [G]<\/em><\/strong> some of us just stayed [C]<\/em><\/strong> home – – –\u00a0<\/span>[C]<\/em><\/strong> Some got married, [G]<\/em><\/strong> some had their numbers [C]<\/em><\/strong> called – – –\u00a0<\/span>Some [F]<\/em><\/strong> came back, [G]<\/em><\/strong> some gave it [C]<\/em><\/strong> all – – –\u00a0<\/span>Got their [F]<\/em><\/strong> names etched on a black granite [G]<\/em><\/strong> wall<\/span><\/p>\n

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[C]<\/em><\/strong> Watergate, civil rights, [G]<\/em><\/strong> Ali Frazier those were fights – – –\u00a0<\/span>[C]<\/em><\/strong> Berlin Wall, burning bras, [G]<\/em><\/strong> some were doves some were hawks\u00a0– – – <\/span>[C]<\/em><\/strong> Boob tubes, birth control, [G]<\/em><\/strong> Namath won the Super Bowl<\/span><\/p>\n

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