D5 A5 D5 A5 I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five-and-dime D5 A5 Played 'til my fingers bled, it was summer of '69 D5 A5 Me and some guys from school, had a Band and we tried real hard D5 A5 Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda known we'd never get far B5 A5 D5 G5 Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever B5 A5 D5 G5 And if I had the choice, yeah I'd always wanna be there B5 A5 D5 D5 Those were the best days of my life A5 - D5 D5 - A5 Ain't no use in complainin', when you got a job to do A5 - D5 D5 A5 Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in, and that's when I met you B5 A5 D5 G5 Standin on a mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever B5 A5 D5 G5 Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never B5 A5 D5 Those were the best days of my life D5 A5 D5 D5 (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69? F5 Bb5 C5 Man we were killin' time, We were young and restless Bb5 C5 F5 We needed to unwind Bb5 C5 I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no D5 G5 - D5 A5 D5 - A5 (2x) A5 - D5 D5 ? A5 And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone A5 - D5 D5 ? A5 Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong B5 A5 D5 G5 Standin on your mama's porch, you told me that it?d last forever B5 A5 D5 G5 Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never B5 A5 D5 Those were the best days of my life D5 A5 D5 ? A5 (Oh yeah) It was the summer of 69? (repeat all the way to the end)
