19 SOMETHIN'

I saw Star Wars at least eight times, had the (C#m)Pac man pat tern (B)mem o rized

and (A)I’ve seen the stuff they put in side

(E)Stretch Arm strong.

Well, I was Rog er Stau bach in (B)my back yard, had a (C#m)shoe box full of base ball cards and a (A)cou ple of E vel K niev al scars

on my right (E)arm.

Well, I was a (B)kid when El vis (F#m7)died

and my (A)ma ma cried.

It was nine teen (B)sev en ty some thin’, in the world that I grew up in;

Fa rah Faw cett hair do days,

bell (G#m)bot toms and eight track tapes.

And look in’ back now, (B)I can see me.

Oh, man, did I look chees ey.

And I would n’t trade those days

for noth in’.

Oh, it was nine teen sev en ty (E)some thin’.

It was the dawn ing of a new de cade.

(C#m)We got our first (B)mi cro wave,

(A)Dad broke down and fin ’lly shaved them old side burns (E)off.

I took the stick ers off of my (B)Ru bik’s Cube, watched (C#m)M.

T.

V.

all (B)af ter noon and (A)my first love was Dais y Duke in them cut (E)off jeans.

A space shut tle fell out of the sky

and the whole world cried.

It was nine teen (B)eight y some thin’,

in the world that I grew up in;

skat in’ rinks and black Trans Am's,

big (G#m)hair and par a chute (B)pants.

And look in’ back now, (B)I can see me.

And oh, man, did I look chees ey.

I would n’t (C#m)trade those days

for noth in’.

Oh, it was nine teen eight y (E)some thin’.

Now I got a mort gage and an (E)S.

U.

V., but all this re (F#m)spon si bil i ty

makes me wish

some times

(E)some thin’,

nine teen sev en ty some thin’.