Getting Old (based on Paul Simon song called Old)

lyrics by Steve Bergen guitar and vocals by Bobby Lasher, Nobles '68

A         D     A        
The first time he used a word processor         
A - E - A         
Charles was 38 years old         
A    D     A         
No font sizes or graphics then         
A - E - A         
Just italics and bold         
A         D         
Now word processors have come and gone         
E           A         
Atari, Wang .. they're all gone         
A       D     A        
And yet Steve Jobs, he still goes on         
A - E -    A         
Hope his company don't fold               
        
A        D   A        
First time Charles used a modem         
A - E -A         
Guess what? 300 baud         
A     D         
First time Charles learn to program         
E           A         
He  was really awed         
A      D         
Down the decades every year         
E           A         
Winter leaves and his birthday's here         
A     D      A         
Just put him, Ellie, in his hot tub with a little beer         
A    E     A         
And say man you're old        
        
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Old         
E       A-D-A         
Getting old        
        
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We celebrate the birth of Charles         
A - E -A         
on the sixth of May         
A   D     A         
And Mitch Kapor found nirvana         
A - E -A along the lotus way         
A     D         
About a dozen years ago         
E       A         
Tim Berners Lee, his message spoke         
A        D        
his world wide web like a river flowed         
A - E -A         
Dot coms went gold        
            
D         
The web is old         
A         
HTML is old         
E          A-D-A         
Charles is not old         
E         A-D-A
And his C++ style is so bold! 

Happy 60th birthday, Charles! (from your C++ teachers: Steve and Ellie)

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