Intro: A D E A E A
A D E
Rocky 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
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
A D E
My high school days I packed away, set my sights on a bigger stage
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Jimmy Carter moved to DC, a Georgia boy just like me,
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Life seemed easy nothin much that we needed
Chorus
That was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit, that was 1976
Interlude: A D A E A D A E D A
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
Chorus
And that was 1976, didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
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