​Back In 68 Lyrics And Chords By Mike Denver

Country music singer Mike Denver has covered a lot of the old ballads in Ireland along with the newer songs. Absent Friends Song is one of his top preforming one's on this site.

​Wasn't it great in '68 to have been around back then
A night on the town cost half a crown and you still had money to spend
Girls wore mini skirts and corduroy shirts and boots up to their knees
With back combed hair so fair they were such a sight to see.

Well Betsy and me about half past three we'd hit for God knows where
With the loan of a pound and the roof rolled down on a sixteen hundred E
We'd hit Clonmel to hear Mick Dell or Dolan in Tramore
The Barrowlands or the Silver sands or a Marquee in Tullamore.

Chorus
I wanna go back take me back to where I wanna be
Take me back again in time it's forever on my mind
Take me back to where it all began for me.

Lovely girls we met well you may bet
From every corner of the globe
From the hitchin' post to the last outpost
Some of no fixed abode
From the golden vale to Emyvale
Where a blonde had her eye on me
Down at Cappawhite where a farmer's wife
Wanted Betsy home for tea.

Well those times are gone and it wasn't long
'till they were just a memory
The halls up there,,,,like videos and T.V.
I settled down and made a few pound
But each Sunday as the clock stricks eight
I think of a time when the world was mine
Back in nineteen sixty eight.

I wanna go back take me back to where I wanna be
Take me back again in time it's forever on my mind
Take me back to where it all began for me.

Here's the guitar chords as played by Mike Denver's band.

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Intro. chords C D G
[G]Wasn't it great in '68 to have been around back [C]then
A [D]night on the town cost half a crown and you still had money to [G]spend
Girls wore mini skirts and corduroy shirts and boots up to their [C]knees
[D]With back combed hair so fair they were such a sight to [G]see.,,[D],[G]

[G]Well Betsy and me about half past three we'd hit for God knows [C]where
With the loan of a pound and the [D]roof rolled down on a sixteen hundred [G]E
We'd hit Clonmel to hear Mick Dell or Dolan in [D]Tramore
The Barrowlands or the Silver sands or a Marquee in Tulla[G]more.

Chorus
I wanna go back take me back to where I waa [D]be
Take me[C] back again in time it's for[G]ever on my mind
Take me [D]back to where it all began for [G]me.

[G]Lovely girls we met well you may bet
From every corner of the [C]globe
From the [D]hitchin' post to the last outpost
Some of no fixed a[G]bode
From the golden vale to Emyvale
Where a blonde had her eye on [C]me
Down at [D]Cappawhite where a farmer's wife
Wanted Betsy home for [G]tea.[C][G][C]

Well those [G]times are gone and it wasn't long
'till they were just a memo[C]ry
The [D]halls up there,,,,like videos and T.[G]V.
I settled down and made a few pound
But each Sunday as the clock stricks [C]eight
I [D]think of a time when the world was mine
Back in nineteen sixty [G]eight.

I [G]wanna go back take me back to[D] where I waa be
Take me [C]back again in time it's for[G]ever on my mind
Take me [D]back to where it all began for [G]me.