CAPO 2ND FRET 

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I saw Star Wars at least 8 times 
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Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized 
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I've seen the stuff they put inside Stretch Armstrong. Yeah 
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I was Roger Staubach in my backyard 
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Had a shoebox full of baseball cards 
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And a couple of Evil Kenievel scars on my right arm.  
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Well, I was a kid when Elvis died and my momma cried.  

CHORUS 
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It was 1970 somethin' in the world that I grew up in 
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Farrah Fawcett hairdo days, bell bottoms and 8 track tapes 
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Looking back now I can see me. Oh man, did I look cheesy 
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I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, it was 1970 somethin' 
 

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VERSE 2 
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It was the dawning of a new decade 
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We got our first microwave.  
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Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideburns off 
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I took the stickers off my Rubix cube 
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Watched MTv all afternoon 
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My first love was Daisy Duke in them cutoff jeans 
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Space shuttle fell out of the sky and the whole world cried 
 
CHORUS 2 
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It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in. 
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Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's 
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Big hair and parachute pants 
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Looking back now I can see me 
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Oh man did I look cheesy 
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I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'. Aww, It was 1980 somethin' 
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BRIDGE 
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Now I got a mortgage and an SUV  
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But all this responsabilty makes me wish sometimes 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 2 
 

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1970 somethin'       Aww, it was 19 somethin'