Acoustic Version
Standard Tuning
Capo II

This is how he plays it on the acoustic as near as I can tell.


    D     D/F#    G    G5/F#  Dmaj7   Bm    Asus2    A     Em    Emadd9  
|---2------2------3------3------2------2------0------0------0------0---|
|---3------3------3------3------3------3------0------2------0------0---|
|---2------2------0------0------2------4------2------2------0------0---|
|---0------0------0------0------0------4------2------2------2------2---|
|---x------0------2------x------4------2------0------0------2------x---|
|---x------2------3------2------0-----(2)-----x------x------0------2---|

Note:  
        The Asus2 basically starts as an Asus2 then a hammer on string 2, fret 2 
(C#)which makes it an A, but I wrote it as an Asus2 to differentiate it from the 
pure A chords.  Hope that makes sense
  

INTRO:   D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D   x2

VERSE 1:
      D            Dmaj7  
I saw Star Wars at least 8 times
        Bm              Asus2
Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
G                                   G5/F#   D
I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong, yeah 

D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D

VERSE 2:
      D                 Dmaj7
I was Roger Staubach in my backyard
      Bm               Asus2
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
      G                                G5/F#    D      
And a couple of Evel Kenievel scars on my right arm

PRE-CHORUS 1:
Bm            A              Em   Emadd9 G             
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died and my momma cried 


CHORUS 1:
D        Asus2        G                 D 
It was 1970-somethin' in the world that I grew up in
Bm              Asus2      Em     D/F#        G       A                  
Farrah Fawcett hairdo days,  bell bottoms and 8 track tapes
D                Asus2        G          D 
Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy
Em          Bm                  G                         (D)
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'  Aww, it was 1970-somethin'

D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D 

VERSE 2:
           D            Dmaj7
It was the dawning of a new decade
Bm                Asus2
We got our first microwave
G                                               D
Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off
           D               Dmaj7 
I took the stickers off my Rubik's Cube
        Bm       Asus2
Watched MTV all afternoon
G                                     G5/F#      D 
My first love was Daisy Duke in them cutoff jeans

PRE-CHORUS 2:
    Bm            Asus2           Em  Emadd9  G
The Space Shuttle fell out of the sky and the whole world cried


CHORUS 2:
D        Asus2        G                 D
It was 1980-somethin' in the world that I grew up in
Bm              Asus2            Em    D/F#     G        A  
Skating rinks and black Trans-Ams, big hair and parachute pants
D                Asus2        G          D 
Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy
Em          Bm           G                                   (D)
I wouldn't trade those days for nothin' Aww, It was 1980-somethin'


D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D

BRIDGE:
G                           D
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV 
               Em                   G       
But all this responsibility makes me wish sometimes...


REPEAT CHORUS 2


D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D
                     1970-somethin'                
D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D
                Aww, it was 19 somethin'
D  D/F#  G  -  G  G5/F#  D
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