[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]
Em D G
Oh when i look back now
C Em
that summer seemed to last for ever
D G
and if I had the choice
C Em
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]
Em D G
Standing on your mamma's porch
C Em
you told me that you'd wait forever
D G
and when you held my hand
C Em
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]
A# D#
Man we were killin' time
F
we were young and reckless
D# A#
we needed to unwind
D# 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]
Em D G
Standing on your manna's porch
C Em
you told me it'd last forever
D G
oh, when you held my hand
C Em
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]
Em D G
Oh when i look back now
that summer seemed
C Em
to last for ever
D G
and if I had the choice
C Em
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]
Em D G
Standing on your mamma's porch
you told me that
C Em
you'd wait forever
D G
and when you held my hand
C Em
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]
A# D#
Man we were killin' time
F
we were young and reckless
D# A#
we needed to unwind
D# 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]
Em D G
Standing on your manna's porch
C Em
you told me it'd last forever
D G
oh, when you held my hand
C Em
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.