[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]
Am G C
Oh when i look back now
F Am
that summer seemed to last for ever
G C
and if I had the choice
F Am
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]
Am G C
Standing on your mamma's porch
F Am
you told me that you'd wait forever
G C
and when you held my hand
F Am
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]
D# G#
Man we were killin' time
A#
we were young and reckless
G# D#
we needed to unwind
G# A#
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]
Am G C
Standing on your manna's porch
F Am
you told me it'd last forever
G C
oh, when you held my hand
F Am
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]
Am G C
Oh when i look back now
that summer seemed
F Am
to last for ever
G C
and if I had the choice
F Am
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]
Am G C
Standing on your mamma's porch
you told me that
F Am
you'd wait forever
G C
and when you held my hand
F Am
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]
D# G#
Man we were killin' time
A#
we were young and reckless
G# D#
we needed to unwind
G# I guess nothing can
A#
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]
Am G C
Standing on your manna's porch
F Am
you told me it'd last forever
G C
oh, when you held my hand
F Am
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.