Summer Of Sixty Nine ? Ryan Adams D A D A I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five-and-dime D A Played 'til my fingers bled, it was summer of '69 D A Me and some guys from school, had a Band and we tried real hard D A Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda known we'd never get far Bm A D G Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever Bm A D G And if I had the choice, yeah I'd always wanna be there Bm A D/A D Those were the best days of my life A/D - D D/A - A Ain't no use in complainin', when you got a job to do A/D - D D/A A Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in, and that's when I met you Bm A D G Standin on a mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever Bm A D G Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life D A D/A D (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69? F Bb C Man we were killin' time, We were young and restless Bb/D C/E F We needed to unwind Bb C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no D G/D-D | A D/A-A (2x) A/D - D D/A ? A And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone A/D - D D/A ? A Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong Bm A D G Standin on your mama's porch, you told me that it?d last forever Bm A D G Oh and when you held my hand, 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) It was the summer of 69? (repeat all the way to the end)
