A
I got my first real six-string
E
Bought it at a five-and-dime
A
Played it till my fingers bled
E
It was the summer of 69

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

Chorus

D E
Oh when I look back now
A D
that summer seemed to last forever
D E
Oh and if I had a choice
A D
Yeah I’d always wanna be there
D E A
Those were the best days of my life

Ain’t no use in complainin’
when you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
and that’s where I met you

Chorus

D E
Standin on your mama’s porch
A D
you told me that you’d wait forever
D E
Oh and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
E A E
Those were the best days of my life
A E
back in the summer of ’69

Bridge

C F
Man we were killing time
G F C
we were young and restless we needed to unwind
F G A
I guess nothin’ can last forever- forever; no
A E A E
And now the times are changing
look at everything thats come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you wonder what went wrong

Chorus

D E
Standin on your mama’s porch
A D
you told me that you’d wait forever
D E
Oh and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
E A E
Those were the best days of my life
A E
back in the summer of ’69