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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
