  four chords & several years ago is the seventh album by american rock band huey lewis and the news, released in 1994. the title is a play on the first sentence in abraham lincoln's gettysburg address ("four score and seven years ago ..."). it is a collection of 1950s and 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during their early years. it is the last album to feature founding member and bassist, mario cipollina, who left the band after the subsequent tour. ==track listing== #"shake, rattle and roll" (charles e. calhoun) â 3:07 #"blue monday" (dave bartholomew, fats domino) â 2:41 #"searching for my love" (bobby moore) â 2:50 #"(she's) some kind of wonderful" (john ellison) â 3:06 #"but it's alright" (j.j. jackson, pierre tubbs) â 2:54 #"if you gotta make a fool of somebody" (rudy clark) â 2:32 #"mother in law" (allen toussaint) â 2:43 #"little bitty pretty one" (robert byrd) â 2:04 #"good morning little school girl" (sonny boy williamson i) (credited as "s.l. hopkins")â 4:02 #"stagger lee" (harold logan, lloyd price) â 2:36 #"she shot a hole in my soul" (mac gayden, chuck neese) â 2:38 #"surely i love you" (james bracken, marion oliver) â 2:51 #"you left the water running" (oscar franck, rick hall, dan penn) â 3:06 #"your cash ain't nothin' but trash" (charles e. calhoun) â 2:57 #"function at the junction" (edward holland, jr. shorty long) â 3:13 #"better to have an
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