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