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