[D] [A] [D] [A]
[D] i got my first real six string,
[A] brought it at the five & dime
[D] played it til my fingers bled
[A] was the summer of 69
[D] me and some guys from school
[A] had a band and we tried real hard
[D] jimmy quit and jody got married
[A] shoulda known wed never get far
[Bm] oh when i [A] look back now
[D] that summer seemed to
[G] last for ever
[Bm] and if i [A] had the choice
ya [D] id always [G] wanna be there
[Bm] those were the
[A] best days of my [Dsus2] life
[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [A] [Asus2] [A]
[D] aint no use complaining,
[A] when ya gotta job to do
[D] spent my evenings down at the drive in,
[A] and thats when i met you yeah
[Bm] standing on your
[A] mammas porch
you [D] told me that youd
[G] wait forever
[Bm] and when i [A] held your hand
i [D] knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] those were the
[A] best days of my [Dsus2] life
[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [A] [Asus2] [A]
[A] - back in the summer of [D] 69 [A]
[F] man we were [Bb] killin time
we were [C] young and reckless
we [Bb] needed to unwind
i guess [F] nothing can
[Bb] last for [C] ever
[Dsus2] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [A] [Asus2] [A]
[D] and now the times are changin
[A] look at everything thats come and gone
[D] sometimes when i play my old six string
i [A] think about you wonder what went wrong
[Bm] standing on your [A] mannas porch
you [D] told me itd [G] last forever
[Bm] and when i [A] held your hand
i [D] knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] those were the
[A] best days of my [D] life [A]
back in the summer of [D] 69 [A]
[Dsus2] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
[Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [A] [Asus2] [A]
