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