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Lost in the fifties tonight  Ronnie Milsap
Intro 17th fret 1st sring 17 2nd 20 15  X4 or 5th fret 1st string 5 2nd 8 6 X4
Intro  F      F+M7  F      F+M7 F 
Solo voice slowly
 F                      F+M7
Close your eyes, baby,      follow my heart, 
 Bb                      Gm7 
  Call on the mem’ries,      here in the dark.
 F                     G7 
  We’ll let the magic   take us away,
 Gm7                      C7                 C+   piano/guitar (pause)
  Back to the feeling we shared when they’d play:

Chorus slightly upbeat
       F            Dm             Bb               C 
In the still of the night, hold me darling, hold me tight.
    F (all voices)        Dm  (all voices)                           
Oh, shoo-doop, shoo-be do   shoo-doop, shoo-be do
   Bb       C   (pause)
so real, so right
                      F   solo F   F+M7  Bb   C 
Lost in the fifties tonight

Slowly
 F                        F+M7
These precious hours, we know  can’t survive.
 Bb                                    Gm7 
  Love’s all that matters while the    past is alive.
 F                          G7 
  Now and for always, till   time disappears,
 Gm7                         C7      C+    piano/guitar (pause)
  We’ll hold each other whenever we hear:

Chorus slightly upbeat

       F            Dm             Bb               C 
In the still of the night, hold me darling, hold me tight.
    F (all voices)        Dm  (all voices)                           
Oh, shoo-doop, shoo-be do   shoo-doop, shoo-be do
   Bb       C   (pause)
so real, so right
                      F   solo F   F+M7  Bb   C 
Lost in the fifties tonight






    F (all voices)        Dm  (all voices)                           
Oh, shoo-doop, shoo-be do   shoo-doop, shoo-be do
   Bb       C   (pause)
so real, so right
    F (all voices)        Dm  (all voices)                           
Oh, shoo-doop, shoo-be do   shoo-doop, shoo-be do
   Bb       C   (pause)
so real, so right
    F (all voices)        Dm  (all voices)                           
Oh, shoo-doop, shoo-be do   shoo-doop, shoo-be do
   Bb       C   (pause)
so real, so right
         

F+M7:    x87655  Bb: x13331  Gm7b5: 2x221x  Gm7:      xx3333   Dm:    xx0231