x[Verse 1]
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of '69
[Verse 2]
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A
I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1]
Bm A
Oh when I look back now
D G
That summer seem to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D – A
[Verse 3]
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A
And that's when I met you
[Chorus 2]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D A D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
[Bridge]
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[Verse 4]
D – A D – A
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me it would last forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
[Outro]
D A D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
D – A (All the way to the end)
