Summer of '69

Intro D Verse 1 D 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, Jody 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 seemed to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Bm A D Those were the best days of my life Instrumental (D) A Verse 3 D Ain't no use in complainin' A 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, yeah 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 D Those were the best days of my life (D) A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh Bridge F Bb Man, we were killin' time C We were young and restless Bb/D We needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no Instrumental D A x2 Verse 4 D And now the times are changin' A Look at everything that's come and gone D Sometimes 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 that it'd last forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life Outro (D) A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh D A It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah D A Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh D A D It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 A D A D A Yeah (Fade out) ``` Intro D Verse 1 D 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, Jody 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 seemed to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Bm A D Those were the best days of my life Instrumental (D) A Verse 3 D Ain't no use in complainin' A 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, yeah 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 D Those were the best days of my life (D) A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh Bridge F Bb Man, we were killin' time C We were young and restless Bb/D We needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no Instrumental D A x2 Verse 4 D And now the times are changin' A Look at everything that's come and gone D Sometimes 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 that it'd last forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life Outro (D) A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh D A It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah D A Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh D A D It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 A D A D A Yeah (Fade out) Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life Outro (D) A D A Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh D A It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah D A Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh D A D It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 A D A D A Yeah ```