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