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 title="G" class="chord">G A

That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D class="chord">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 class="chord">Bb
Man we were killin" time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F class="chord">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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