Summer Of Sixty Nine - Ryan Adams D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five-and-dime D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Played 'til my fingers bled, it was summer of '69 D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Me and some guys from school, had a Band and we tried real hard D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda known we'd never get far Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) And if I had the choice, yeah I'd always wanna be there Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1) D (xx0232@1) Those were the best days of my life A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1) D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) Ain't no use in complainin', when you got a job to do A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1) D/A (x00232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in, and that's when I met you Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Standin on a mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Those were the best days of my life D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D/A (x00232@1) D (xx0232@1)(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69' F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) Man we were killin' time, We were young and restless Bb/D (x1033x@1) C/E (x3111x@5) FWe (133211@1)needed to unwind Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no D G/D-D | A D/A-A (2x) A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1) D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1) D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1) Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Standin on your mama's porch, you told me that it'd last forever Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Those were the best days of my life D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) (Oh yeah) It was the summer of 69' (repeat all the way to the end)