[Intro]
B
[Verse]
B F#
I got my first real six string
B
brought it at the five & dime
F#
played it til my fingers bled
was the summer of '69
[Verse]
B F#
Me and some guys from school
B
had a band and we tried real hard
F#
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Oh when i look back now
E G#m
that summer seemed to last for ever
F# B
and if I had the choice
E G#m
ya I'd always wanna be there
F# B F#
those were the best days of my life
[Verse]
B F#
Ain't no use complaining
B
when ya gotta job to do
F#
spent my evenings down at the drive in
and that's when i met you - ya
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Standing on your mamma's porch
E G#m
you told me that you'd wait forever
F# B
and when you held my hand
E G#m
I knew that it was now or never
F#~ B F#
those were the best days of my life, oh yeah
B F#
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]
B F# 2x
[Verse]
B F#
And now the times are changin'
B
look at everything that's come and gone
F#
sometimes when i play my old six string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Standing on your manna's porch
E G#m
you told me it'd last forever
F# B
oh, when you held my hand
E G#m
I knew that it was now or never
F#~ B F#
those were the best days of my life, oh yeah
B F#
back in the summer of '69
[Outro]
B F#
It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah.
B F# B
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
F# B F# B F#
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah.
[Intro]
B
[Verse]
B F#
I got my first real six string
B
brought it at the five & dime
F#
played it til my fingers bled
was the summer of '69
[Verse]
B F#
Me and some guys from school
B
had a band and we tried real hard
F#
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Oh when i look back now
that summer seemed
E G#m
to last for ever
F# B
and if I had the choice
E G#m
ya I'd always wanna be there
F# those were the best
B F#
days of my life
[Verse]
B F#
Ain't no use complaining
B
when ya gotta job to do
spent my evenings
F#
down at the drive in
and that's when i met you - ya
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Standing on your mamma's porch
you told me that
E G#m
you'd wait forever
F# B
and when you held my hand
E G#m
I knew that it was now or never
F#~ those were the best
B F#
days of my life, oh yeah
B F#
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]
B F# 2x
[Verse]
B F#
And now the times are changin'
look at everything
B
that's come and gone
sometimes when i play
F#
my old six string
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Chorus]
G#m F# B
Standing on your manna's porch
E G#m
you told me it'd last forever
F# B
oh, when you held my hand
E G#m
I knew that it was now or never
F#~ those were the best
B F#
days of my life, oh yeah
B F#
back in the summer of '69
[Outro]
It was the summer
B F#
of '69, oh, yeah.
B F# B
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
F# It was the summer, the summer,
B F# B F#
the summer of '69, yeah.