Summer of 69

Intro : [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 we'd 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]i'd 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] ain't no use complaining,
[A] when ya gotta job to do
[D] spent my evenings down at the drive in,
[A] and that's when i met you yeah

[Bm] standing on your [A]mamma's porch
you [D]told me that you'd [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 that's 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]manna's porch
you [D]told me it'd [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]