| D | A | |
| I saw | Star Wars at | least 8 times |
| Bm | A | |
| Had the | Pac-Man pattern | memorized |
| G | A | D | |
| I've seen the stuff they put inside | Stretch Arm | strong, yeah |
| D | F#m | G | - | G | F#m | D | D | A | |
| I was | Roger Staubach in | my backyard |
| Bm | A | |
| Had a | shoebox full of b | aseball cards |
| G | A | D | |
| And a | couple of Evil Kenievel scars on | my right | arm |
| Bm | A | Em7 | G | A | |
| Well, I was a | kid when Elvis | died and my m | omma cried |
| Chorus 1: |
| D | A | G | D | |
| It was 19 | 70 somethin' | in the world that | I grew up in |
| Bm | A | Em | F#m | G | A | |
| Farrah Fawcett h | airdo days, | bell b | ottoms and | 8 track t | apes |
| D | A | G | D | |
| Looking back now | I can see me, | oh man did | I look cheesy |
| Em | D/F# | G | A | D | |
| I wouldn't t | rade those days f | or nothin' A | ww, it was 1970 somethi | n' |
| D | F#m | G | - | G | F#m | D |
| D | A | |
| It was the | dawning of a | new decade |
| Bm | A | |
| We got our first m | icrowave |
| G | A | D | |
| Dad broke down and finally shaved them old sideb | urns o | ff |
| D | A | |
| I took the | stickers off my | Rubix cube |
| Bm | A | |
| Watched | MTV all a | fternoon |
| G | A | D | |
| My first love was Daisy Duke in them c | utoff j | eans |
| Bm | A | Em7 | G | A | |
| Space shuttle | fell out of the | sky and the w | hole world cried |
| Chorus 2: |
| It was 1980 somethin' in the world that I grew up in |
| Skating rinks and black Trans-Am's, big hair and parachute pants |
| Looking back now I can see me, oh man did I look cheesy |
| I wouldn't trade those days for nothin' Aww, It was 1980 somethin' |
| Solo: D G D |
| G | D | |
| Now I got a mortgage and an | SUV |
| Em7 | G | A | |
| But all this re | sponsibilty makes me w | ish sometimes... |
| REPEAT CHORUS 2 |
| D | F#m | G | - | G | F#m | D | D | F#m | G | - | G | F#m | D | |
| 1970 somethin' | Aww | , it | was 19 somethin' |
| D | F#m | G | - | G | F#m | D |