D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at a five-and-dime
D
Played it til my fingers bled
A
It was the 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 shoulda known we’d never get far
Bm
A
Oh when I look back now
D
G
that summer seemed to last forever
Bm
A
Oh and if I had a choice
D
G
Yeah I’d always wanna be there
Bm
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
D
Ain’t no use in complainin’
A
when you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
A
and that’s where I met you
Bm
A
Oh when I look back now
D
G
that summer seemed to last forever
Bm
A
Oh and if I had a choice
D
G
Yeah I’d always wanna be there
Bm
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
D
Standin on your mama’s porch
A
you told me that you’d wait forever
D
Oh and when you held my hand
A
I knew that it was now or never
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
D
Dsus2
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
D
Asus2
A
Asus4
A
Asus2
A
D
back in the summer of ’69
F
Bb
Man we were killing time
C
Bb
F
we were young and restless we needed to unwind
Bb
C
D
I guess nothin’ can last forever- forever; no
Dsus2
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
D
Asus2
A
Asus4
A
Asus2
A
D
And now the times are changing
A
look at everything thats come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Bm
A
Oh when I look back now
D
G
that summer seemed to last forever
Bm
A
Oh and if I had a choice
D
G
Yeah I’d always wanna be there
Bm
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
A
D
Dsus2
Bm
Asus4
G
Bb
C
Asus2
Dsus4
F
