D
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
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
Bm A
Oh, when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
(D) A
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, yeah
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 D
Those were the best days of my life
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
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
D A x2
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that it'd last forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
D - A
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