Blacktop
Written & recorded by Alan Jackson

(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) |
         |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(Am) |(G) |(Em) |(Am) |(Am) -----