CAPO 4                             

Intro:   C  Em  F  -  F  Em  C   x2

      C              G  
I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
          Am               G
Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
F                                   G          C
I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong, yeah 

C  Em  F  -  F  Em  C
                           
      C                 G
I was Roger Staubach in my backyard
      Am               G
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
      F                                G        C      
And a couple of Evil Kenievel scars on my right arm
Am            G              Dm7          F           G             
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died and my momma cried 


Chorus 1:
C        G            F                 C 
It was 1970 somethin' in the world that I grew up in
Am              G           Dm    Em        F        G                  
Farrah Fawcett hairdo days, bell bottoms and 8 track tapes
C                G             F          C 
Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy
Dm          C/E             F            G                      C
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'  Aww, it was 1970 somethin'

C  Em  F -  F  Em  C  

           C            G
It was the dawning of a new decade
Am                G
We got our first microwave
F                                               G     C
Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off
           C               G 
I took the stickers off my Rubix cube
        Am       G
Watched MTV all afternoon
F                                     G      C 
My first love was Daisy Duke in them cutoff jeans
Am            G               Dm7          F                 G
Space shuttle fell out of the sky and the whole world cried


Chorus 2:
C       G             F                 C 
It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in   
Am             G           Dm       Em        F         G       
Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's, big hair and parachute pants
C                G              F         C 
Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy
Dm          C/E             F            G                     C
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin' Aww, It was 1980 somethin'


Solo: C  F   C

C       G             F                 C 
It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in   
Am             G           Dm       Em        F         G       
Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's, big hair and parachute pants
C                G              F         C 
Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy
Dm          C/E             F            G                     C
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin' Aww, It was 1980 somethin'

F                           C
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV 
               Dm7                   F               G       
But all this responsibilty makes me wish sometimes...





C  Em  F - F  Em  C                 C  Em  F - F   Em  C
1970 somethin'                
Aww, it was 19 somethin'

C  Em  F - F   Em  C
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