Summer Of 69

[Verse 1]

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I got my first real six-string

A

Bought it at the five-and-dime

D

Played it 'til my fingers bled

A

It was the summer of '69

[Verse 2]

D

Me and some guys from school

A

Had a band and we tried real hard

D

Jimmy quit, Joey got married

A

I shoulda known we'd never get far

[Chorus 1]

Bm A

Oh when I look back now

D G

That summer seem to last forever

Bm A

And if I had the choice

D G

Ya - I'd always wanna be there

Bm A

Those were the best days of my life

D – A

[Verse 3]

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Ain't no use in complainin'

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When you got a job to do

D

Spent my evenin's down at the drive in

A

And that's when I met you

[Chorus 2]

Bm A

Standin' on your mama's porch

D G

You told me that you'd wait forever

Bm A

Oh and when you held my hand

D G

I knew that it was now or never

Bm A

Those were the best days of my life

D A D – A

(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

[Bridge]

F Bb

Man we were killin' time

C

We were young and restless

Bb

We needed to unwind

F Bb C

I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

[Verse 4]

D – A D – A

D

And now the times are changin'

A

Look at everything that's come and gone

D

Somethimes when I play that old six-string

A

I think about you wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3]

Bm A

Standin' on your mama's porch

D G

You told me it would last forever

Bm A

Oh and when you held my hand

D G

I knew that it was now or never

Bm A

Those were the best days of my life

[Outro]

D A D – A

(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

D – A (All the way to the end)