Summer of `69

Intro: D5 Intro Verse:
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it till my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of "69 Verse 1:
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we"d never get far Bridge:
Bm A
Oh when I look back now
D G A
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G A
Yeah, I"d always wanna be there
Bm A5 D A5
Those were the best days of my life. Verse 2:
Ain"t no use in complainin"
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin"s down at the drive-in
And that"s when I met you Bridge 2:
Standin" on your mama"s porch
You told me that you"d wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
chorus:
D A5
Back in the summer of "69 Middle 8:
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!
instrumantal: 2 times Verse 3:
And now the times are changin"
Look at everything that"s come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong Bridge 3:
Standin" on your mama"s porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
repeat chorus til fade

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