Intro:
G | G |
Verse:
G I got my first real six-string
D Bought it at the five-and-dime
G Played it ‘til my fingers bled
D It was the summer of ‘69
Verse:
G Me and some guys from school
D Had a band and we tried real hard
G Jimmy quit, Joey got married
D I shoulda known we’d never get far
Chorus:
Em Oh, when I D look back now
G That summer seemed to C last forever
Em And if I D had the choice
G Yeah, I’d C always wanna be there
Em Those were the D best days of my G life
instrumental:
G | G | D | D
Verse:
G Ain’t no use in complainin’
D When you got a job to do
G Spent my evenin’s down at the drive in
D And that’s when I met you yeah!
Chorus:
Em Standin’ on your D mama’s porch
G You told me that you’d C wait forever
Em Oh, and when you D held my hand
G I knew that it was C now or never
Em Those were the D best days of my G life
G Oh D yeah Back in the summer of G ’69 D Ohhh
Bridge:
Bb Man, we were Eb killin’ time
We were F young and restless
We Bb needed to unwind
Bb I guess Eb nothin’ can last for F ever, forever no
Verse:
Instrumental G | [NC] | D | [NC] x2
Verse:
G And now the times are changin’
D Look at everything that’s come and gone
G Sometimes when I play that old six‑string
D I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus:
Em Standin’ on your D mama’s porch
G You told me that it’d C last forever
Em Oh, and when you D held my hand
G I knew that it was C now or never
Em Those were the D best days of my
G life Oh D yeah Back in the summer of
G ‘69 Uh D huh It was the summer of
G ‘69 oh D yeah me and my baby in
G ‘69 woah D
G Oh D it was the the summer, the summer of
G ‘69 Uh D ‑huh G
Intro:
G | G |
Verse:
G I got my first real six-string
D Bought it at the five-and-dime
G Played it ‘til my fingers bled
D It was the summer of ‘69
Verse:
G Me and some guys from school
D Had a band and we tried real hard
G Jimmy quit, Joey got married
D I shoulda known we’d never get far
Chorus:
Em Oh, when I D look back now
G That summer seemed to C last forever
Em And if I D had the choice
G Yeah, I’d C always wanna be there
Em Those were the D best days of my G life
instrumental:
G | G | D | D
Verse:
G Ain’t no use in complainin’
D When you got a job to do
G Spent my evenin’s down at the drive in
D And that’s when I met you yeah!
Chorus:
Em Standin’ on your D mama’s porch
G You told me that you’d C wait forever
Em Oh, and when you D held my hand
G I knew that it was C now or never
Em Those were the D best days of my G life
G Oh D yeah Back in the summer of G ’69 D Ohhh
Bridge:
Bb Man, we were Eb killin’ time
We were F young and restless
We Bb needed to unwind
Bb I guess Eb nothin’ can last for F ever, forever no
Verse:
Instrumental G | [NC] | D | [NC] x2
Verse:
G And now the times are changin’
D Look at everything that’s come and gone
G Sometimes when I play that old six‑string
D I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus:
Em Standin’ on your D mama’s porch
G You told me that it’d C last forever
Em Oh, and when you D held my hand
G I knew that it was C now or never
Em Those were the D best days of my
G life Oh D yeah Back in the summer of
G ‘69 Uh D huh It was the summer of
G ‘69 oh D yeah me and my baby in
G ‘69 woah D
G Oh D it was the the summer, the summer of
G ‘69 Uh D ‑huh G
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