Summer Of 69

D D A I got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime D A played it 'til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69 D A me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard D A Jimmy quit and Jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far G A D G oh when I look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever G A D G and if I had the choice - ya I'd always wanna be there G A D A those were the best days of my life D A ain't no use complaining - when ya got a job to do D A spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when I met you - ya G A D G standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever G A D G and when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never G A D A D A those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 F Bb Yeah, we were killin' time C Bb We were young and reckless - we needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothing can last forever, forever D A D A D and now the times are changin' A look at everything that's come and gone D sometimes when I play my old six string A I think about you, wonder what went wrong G A D G standing on your mamma's porch - you told me it'd last forever G A D G and when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never G A D A D A those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 Continue on D A