D (xx0232@1)    I got my first real six-string
A (x02220@1)    Bought it at the five-and-dime
D (xx0232@1)    Played 'til my fingers bled
A (x02220@1)    It was summer of '69

D (xx0232@1)   Me and some guys from school
A (x02220@1)   Had a Band and we tried real hard
D (xx0232@1)   Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A (x02220@1)   I shualda known we'd never get far

Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)      Oh when I look back now
D (xx0232@1)	G (320003@1)      That was seemes to last forever
Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)      And if I had the choice
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)       Those were the best days of my life

D - A

D (xx0232@1)      Ain't no use in complainin'
A (x02220@1)      When you got ajob (x02210@1)to do
D (xx0232@1)       Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A (x02220@1)      And that's when I met you


Bm (x24432@1)  A (x02220@1)      Standin on a mama's porch
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)      You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)      Oh and when you held my hand


D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)      I knew that it was now or never
Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)      Those were the best days of my life

D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)	    D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69'

F (133211@1)     A# (x1333x@1)       Man we were killin' time
                CWe (x32010@1)were young and restless
        A#We (x1333x@1)needed to unwind
F (133211@1)       A# (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1)	
         I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)  D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)  

D (xx0232@1)     And now the times are changin'
A (x02220@1)     Look at everything that's come and gone
D (xx0232@1)     Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A (x02220@1)     I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Bm (x24432@1)  A (x02220@1)      Standin on a mama's porch
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)      You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)      Oh and when you held my hand


D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)      I knew that it was now or never
Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)      Those were the best days of my life


D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)	    D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69'

D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)          (All the way to the end)