[Primeira Parte]

              G
This ain't no song about the good old days
       C   D           G
Simpler times or easy ways

Or how I long for an old dirt road
        C   D               G
Greener grass or a lighter load

[Refrão]

      G                         C
I was glad to see the blacktop
                            G
When they laid it down in '65

Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
C       D          G
No more dust in my eyes

[Segunda Parte]

           G
Rain would fall and the mud would rise
           C  D                G
Through my toes in the summer time

August heat would dry that clay
          C   D               G
Dust went flying like a dandelion

[Refrão]

      G                         C
I was glad to see the blacktop
                            G
When they laid it down in '65

Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
C       D          G
No more dust in my eyes

[Terceira Parte]

            G
Stubbed my toes on rocks and stones
            C   D          G
Slipped and fell in old potholes

Watched my mama shake that line
           C          D                      G
Dust them clothes off hanging in the hot sunshine

[Refrão]

      G                        C
I was glad to see the blacktop
                            G
When they laid it down in '65

Yeah I was glad to see the blacktop
C       D          G
No more dust in my eyes