[D]I got my first real six string [A]Bought it at the five and dime [D]Played it til my fingers bled [A]Was the summer of '69 [D]Me and some guys from school [A]Had a band and we tried real hard [D]Jimmy quit and Jody got married [A]I shoulda known we'd never get far [h]But when I lo[A]ok back now [D]That summer seemed to[G] last forever [h]And if I[A] had the choice [D]Ya - I'd always[G] wanna be there [h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [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 - ya [h]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch [D]You told me that you'd[G] wait forever [h]Oh and when you[A] held my hand [D]I knew that it was[G] now or never [h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [D] [A] Back in the summer[D] of '69[A] [F]Man we were[B] killin' time We were[C] young and restless We[B] needed to unwind [F]I guess[B] nothin' can last fore[C]ver - forever, no... instr.: [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 ya'n wonder what went wrong [h]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch [D]You told me it would[G] last forever [h]Oh the way you[A] held my hand [D]I knew that it wasG] now or never [h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [A]Back in the summer of '[D]69 [A]

[D]I got my first real six string [A]Bought it at the five and dime [D]Played it til my fingers bled [A]Was the summer of '69 [D]Me and some guys from school [A]Had a band and we tried real hard [D]Jimmy quit and Jody got married [A]I shoulda known we'd never get far [b]But when I lo[A]ok back now [D]That summer seemed to[G] last forever [b]And if I[A] had the choice [D]Ya - I'd always[G] wanna be there [b]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [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 - ya [b]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch [D]You told me that you'd[G] wait forever [b]Oh and when you[A] held my hand [D]I knew that it was[G] now or never [b]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [D] [A] Back in the summer[D] of '69[A] [F]Man we were[B] killin' time We were[C] young and restless We[B] needed to unwind [F]I guess[B] nothin' can last fore[C]ver - forever, no... instr.: [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 ya'n wonder what went wrong [b]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch [D]You told me it would[G] last forever [b]Oh the way you[A] held my hand [D]I knew that it wasG] now or never [b]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life [A]Back in the summer of '[D]69 [A]