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 seem to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Ya - I'd always wanna be there Bm A Those were the best days of my life 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 Those were the best days of my life D A D – A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ Bridge F Bb Man we were k*llin' time C We were young and restless Bb We needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no Verse 4 D – A D – A D And now the times are changin' A Look at everything that's come and gone D Somethimes 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 it would last forever Bm A Oh and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A Those were the best days of my life Outro D A D – A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ D – A (All the way to the end)
