(Capo on 2)
Intro.: |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) | x 2
This ain't no (Am)song 'bout the good old days
Simpler (G)times (Em) or easy (Am)ways
Oh, how I long for an old dirt road
Greener (G)grass (Em) or a lighter (Am)load
(Chorus)
I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) When they laid it down in Sixty-(Am)five
Yeah, I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) No more (Em)dust in my (Am)eyes
Solo: |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) |
|(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) | (Am)
Rain would (Am)fall and the mud would rise
Through my (G)toes (Em) in the summer-(Am)time
All those teen would drive and play
Just to (G)fly (Em) like a dande-(Am)lion
(Chorus)
I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) When they laid it down in Sixty-(Am)five
Yeah, I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) No more (Em)dust in my (Am)eyes
Solo: |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) |
|(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) | (Am)
I stomped my (Am)toes on rocks and stones
Slept in (G)fair-(Em)-y mo park (Am)homes
Watch my momma shake that line
Dusting (G)clothes off (Em)hanging in a hot sun-(Am)shine
(Chorus)
I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) When they laid it down in Sixty-(Am)five
Yeah, I was (D)glad to (G)see the (Am)blacktop
(G) No more (Em)dust in my (Am)eyes
Outro.: |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) |
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