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