D				
     I got my first real six-string
A
     Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
     Played 'til my fingers bled
A
     It was 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 shualda known we'd never get far

Bm		A
       Oh when I look back now
D			G
       That was seemes 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

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


Bm		  A
       Standin on a 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’

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    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 ya wonder what went wrong

Bm		  A
       Standin on a 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’

D – A            (All the way to the end)