1976 by Alan Jackson
Key: AA | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro:   A  D  E  A  E  A
Verse 1
A                               D                    E
Rocky burned up the movie screen and I was turning seventeen

A                             D                      E
Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jean, looking cool at the Dairy Queen

A          D                          E 
Trying 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 2
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, 

A               D                   E 
Life seemed easy nothing much that we needed

 
Repeat Chorus again: 

(to Chorus)

Instrumental - 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 trying till we got it right


(to repeat Chorus again)

Ending
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