[Intro]
D
[Verse]
D A
I got my first real six string
D
brought it at the five & dime
A
played it til my fingers bled
was the summer of '69
[Verse]
D A
Me and some guys from school
D
had a band and we tried real hard
A
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Oh when i look back now
G Bm
that summer seemed to last for ever
A D
and if I had the choice
G Bm
ya I'd always wanna be there
A D A
those were the best days of my life
[Verse]
D A
Ain't no use complaining
D
when ya gotta job to do
A
spent my evenings down at the drive in
and that's when i met you - ya
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Standing on your mamma's porch
G Bm
you told me that you'd wait forever
A D
and when you held my hand
G Bm
I knew that it was now or never
A~ D A
those were the best days of my life, oh yeah
D A
back in the summer of '69, oh
[Bridge]
F A#
Man we were killin' time
C
we were young and reckless
A# F
we needed to unwind
A# C
I guess nothing can last forever, forever
[Interlude]
D A 2x
[Verse]
D A
And now the times are changin'
D
look at everything that's come and gone
A
sometimes when i play my old six string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Standing on your manna's porch
G Bm
you told me it'd last forever
A D
oh, when you held my hand
G Bm
I knew that it was now or never
A~ D A
those were the best days of my life, oh yeah
D A
back in the summer of '69
[Outro]
D A
It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah.
D A D
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
A D A D A
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah.
[Intro]
D
[Verse]
D A
I got my first real six string
D
brought it at the five & dime
A
played it til my fingers bled
was the summer of '69
[Verse]
D A
Me and some guys from school
D
had a band and we tried real hard
A
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Oh when i look back now
that summer seemed
G Bm
to last for ever
A D
and if I had the choice
G Bm
ya I'd always wanna be there
A those were the best
D A
days of my life
[Verse]
D A
Ain't no use complaining
D
when ya gotta job to do
spent my evenings
A
down at the drive in
and that's when i met you - ya
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Standing on your mamma's porch
you told me that
G Bm
you'd wait forever
A D
and when you held my hand
G Bm
I knew that it was now or never
A~ those were the best
D A
days of my life, oh yeah
D A
back in the summer of '69, oh
[Bridge]
F A#
Man we were killin' time
C
we were young and reckless
A# F
we needed to unwind
A# I guess nothing can
C
last forever, forever
[Interlude]
D A 2x
[Verse]
D A
And now the times are changin'
look at everything
D
that's come and gone
sometimes when i play
A
my old six string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus]
Bm A D
Standing on your manna's porch
G Bm
you told me it'd last forever
A D
oh, when you held my hand
G Bm
I knew that it was now or never
A~ those were the best
D A
days of my life, oh yeah
D A
back in the summer of '69
[Outro]
It was the summer
D A
of '69, oh, yeah.
D A D
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
A It was the summer, the summer,
D A D A
the summer of '69, yeah.