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Intro
Verse 1
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69
Verse 2
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus 1
Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
Instrumental
(D) A
Verse 3
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, yeah
Chorus 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
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
Bridge
Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
Instrumental
D A x2
Verse 4
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 you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus 3
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Outro
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
Yeah
(Fade out)
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