Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
By Tom T. Hall
Written by Tom T. Hall
Album: A Soldier of Fortune (1997)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
8/24/21

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Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
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America was young and strong and brave
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Lord knows that I didn't have much money
G
And my old car had seen some better days

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You were young and fresh as brand new roses
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I was so in love and strong and brave
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Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
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And love was only sixty cents away


Chorus:
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I don't think I'd know you if I'd see you
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I practice my forgetting till it works
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Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
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I didn't know the meaning of hurt


Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
And sweet magnolias line those country roads
We burned a tank of love most every weekend
And on work days I helped 'em fix the roads

My friends were many and our dreams were certain
Whoever thought we'd go our separate ways
Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
And love was only sixty cents away

Chorus


Back when gas was thirty cents a gallon
And love was only sixty cents away