Tom: E
CAPO 2ND FRET
INTRO: D F#m G A D D F#m G A D
A
I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
G A
Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
G A5 D
I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong. Yeah
A
I was Roger Staubach in my backyard
G A
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
G A5 D
And a couple of Evil Kenievel scars on my right arm.
Bm A G A
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died and my momma cried.
CHORUS
D A G A
It was 1970 somethin' in the world that I grew up in
Bm A Em A Bm A
Farrah Fawcett hairdo days, bell bottoms and 8 track tapes
D A G D
Looking back now I can see me. Oh man, did I look cheesy
Em G A D
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, it was 1970 somethin'
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VERSE 2
A
It was the dawning of a new decade
G A
We got our first microwave.
G A5 D
Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off
A
I took the stickers off my Rubix cube
G A
Watched MTv all afternoon
G A5 D
My first love was Daisy Duke in them cutoff jeans
Bm A G A
Space shuttle fell out of the sky and the whole world cried
CHORUS 2
D A G A
It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in.
Bm A
Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's
Em A Bm A
Big hair and parachute pants
D A
Looking back now I can see me
G D
Oh man did I look cheesy
Em G A D
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, It was 1980 somethin'
D F#m G A D
BRIDGE
Em D
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
Em G A
But all this responsabilty makes me wish sometimes
REPEAT CHORUS 2
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D F#m G A D D F#m G A D
1970 somethin' Aww, it was 19 somethin'
