Intro: A  D  E  A  E  A

A                                 D                     E
Rockie burned up the movie screen   and I was turnin seventeen
A                              D                       E
Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jean,   lookin cool at the Dairy Queen
A                D                        E
Tryin to impress   a young woman in her Sunday dress

Refrão:
              D                     A
And that was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
                  E                                      A
A pretty little blonde haired girl, stole my heart and changed my world
                D                             A
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
                   E              D           A
Built a fire that just wont quit,   that was 1976

Solo: A  D  E  A  E  A

A                                 D                       E
My high school days I packed away,   set my sights on a bigger stage
A                        D                    E
Jimmy Carter moved to DC,   a Georgia boy just like me,
A                 D                      E
Life seemed easy,   nothin much that we needed

Refrão:
              D                     A
And that was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
                  E                                      A
A pretty little blonde haired girl, stole my heart and changed my world
                D                             A
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
                   E              D           A
Built a fire that just wont quit,   that was 1976

              D                     A
And that was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
                  E                                      A
A pretty little blonde haired girl, stole my heart and changed my world
                D                             A
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
                   E              D           A
Built a fire that just wont quit,   that was 1976

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A                                     D                  E
Eight track tapes were still in style   and Elvis was still alive
A                             D                  E
Wonder Woman sure looked fine,   Bionic Man was still Prime Time
A                      D                         E
And that girl I liked,   we kept on tryin till we got it right

Refrão:
              D                     A
And that was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
                  E                                      A
A pretty little blonde haired girl, stole my heart and changed my world
                D                             A
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
                   E              D           A
Built a fire that just wont quit,   that was 1976

A               D                      A
Yeah, that was 1976, didn't know who we were yet
                   E             D               A
Built a fire that just wont quit   and that was 1976

                      E             D            A
We built a fire that just wont quit,   that was 1976

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