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