Biography:
The Statler Brothers were an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.
Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen. In 1963, when the song "Louie, Louie" by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler Brothers. Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are actual brothers and none have the surname of "Statler".
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Class Of ' 7
Recorded by The Statler Brothers
Written by Harold and Don Reid
C Em Am C
Tommy's selling used cars Nancy's fixing hair
F D7
Harvey runs a grocery store and Margaret doesn't care
C Em Am
Jerry drives a truck for Sears and Charlotte's on the make
F G7 C
And Paul sells life insurance and part-time real estate
Em Am C
Helen is a hostess Frank works at the mill
F D7
Janet teaches grade school and probably always will
C Em Am
Bob works for the city and Jack's in lab research
F G7 C
And Peggy plays organ at the Presbyterian Church
F C
And the class of ' 7 had its dreams
Am
Oh we all thought we'd change the world
D7 G7
With our great works and deeds
F C E7 Am
Or maybe we just thought the world would change to fit our needs
F G7 C
The class of ' 7 had its dreams
Em Am C
Betty runs a trailer park Jan sells Tupperware
F D7
Randy's on an insane ward Mary's on welfare
C Em Am
Charlie took a job with Ford Joe took Freddie's wife
F G7 C
Charlotte took a millionaire and Freddie took his life
Em Am C
John is big in cattle Ray is deep in debt
F D7
Where Mavis finally wound up is anybody's bet
C Em Am
Linda married Sonny Brenda married me
F G7 C
And the class of all of us is just a part of history
F C
And the class of ' 7 had its dreams
Am D7 G7
But living life day to day is never like it seems
F C E7 Am
Things get complicated when you get past eighteen
F G7 C Am
But the class of ' 7 had its dreams
F G7 C
Oh the class of ' 7 had its dreams
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