[intro] D [verse 1] D I got my first real six-string A Bought it at the five-and-dime D Played it 'til my fingers bled A It was the summer of '69 [verse 2] D Me and some guys from school A Had a band and we tried real hard D Jimmy quit, Joey got married A I shoulda known we'd never get far [chorus 1] Bm A Oh, when I look back now D G That summer seemed to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Bm A Those were the best days of my life [instrumental] D A [verse 3] D Ain't no use in complainin' A When you got a job to do D Spent my evenin's down at the drive in A And that's when I met you [chorus 2] Bm A Standin' on your mama's porch D G You told me that you'd wait forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh [bridge] F Bb Man, we were killin' time C We were young and restless Bb We needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no [instrumental] D A D A [verse 4] D And now the times are changin' A Look at everything that's come and gone D Sometimes when I play that old six-string A I think about you, wonder what went wrong [chorus 3] Bm A Standin' on your mama's porch D G You told me that it'd last forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life [outro] A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh D A D A Back in the summer of '69 oh yeah Uh-huh D A D A
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