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[Intro]  
A  D  E  A  E  A
[Verse 1]
 ARocky burned up the movie screen Dand I was turnin Eseventeen
 ATie-dyed shirts and Levis jeans, Dlookin cool at the EDairy Queen
 Tryin to iDmpress a young woman in her ESunday dress
[Chorus]
 And that was 1D976, didn't know who AI was yet
 A pretty little Eblonde haired girl stole my heart and Achanged my world
 Two kids and a Dmoonlit sky, a little love on a AFriday night
 Built a fire that Ejust wont quit, Dthat was 1A976
[Solo] 
A  D  E  A  E  A
[Verse 1]
 AMy high school days I packed away, Dset my sights on a Ebigger stage
 AJimmy Carter moved to DCD, a Georgia boy Ejust like me, 
 Life seemed Deasy nothin much that we Eneeded
[Chorus]
 And that was 1D976, didn't know who AI was yet
 A pretty little Eblonde haired girl stole my heart and Achanged my world
 Two kids and a Dmoonlit sky, a little love on a AFriday night
 Built a fire that Ejust wont quit, Dthat was 1A976 
[Instrumental - Interlude]
   A  D  A  E  A  D  A  E  D  A
[Verse 2]
 AEight track tapes were still in style Dand Elvis was Estill alive
 AWonder Woman sure looked fine, DBionic Man was Estill Prime Time
 And that Dgirl I liked, we kept on tryin till we Egot it right
[Chorus]
 And that was 1D976, didn't know who AI was yet
 A pretty little Eblonde haired girl stole my heart and Achanged my world
 Two kids and a Dmoonlit sky, a little love on a AFriday night
 Built a fire that Ejust wont quit, Dthat was 1A976 
[Outro]
 AYeah, that was D1976, didn't know who Awe were yet
 Built a fire that Ejust wont quit Dand that was 1A976
 We built a fire that Ejust wont quit, Dthat was 1A976

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1976

by Alan Jackson

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[Intro]

A D E A E A

[Verse 1]

A D E

Rocky burned up the movie screen and I was turnin seventeen

A D E

Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jeans, lookin cool at the Dairy Queen

D E

Tryin to impress a young woman in her Sunday dress

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 1]

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,

D E

Life seemed easy nothin much that we needed

[Chorus]

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

[Instrumental - Interlude]

A D A E A D A E D A

[Verse 2]

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

D E

And that girl I liked, we kept on tryin till we got it right

[Chorus]

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

[Outro]

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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