Verse: D I got my first real six-string A Bought it at the five-and-dime D Played ʼtil my fingers bled A It was summer of ʼ69 Chorus: D Me and some guys from school A Had a Band and we tried real hard D Jimmy quit and Jody got married A I shualda known weʼd never get far Bm A Oh when I look back now D G That was seemes to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Ya - Iʼd always wanna be there Bm A Those were the best days of my life D A Verse: D Ainʼt no use in complaininʼ A When you got a job to do D Spent my eveninʼs down at the drive in A And thatʼs when I met you Chorus: Bm A Standin on a mamaʼs porch D G You told me that youʼd wait forever Bm A Oh and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A Those were the best days of my life D A D A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ Bridge: F A# Man we were killinʼ time C We were young and restless A# We needed to unwind F A# C I guess nothinʼ can last forever, forever no D A D A Verse: D And now the times are changinʼ A Look at everything thatʼs come and gone D Somethimes when I play that old six-string A I think about ya wonder what went wrong Chorus: Bm A Standin on a mamaʼs porch D G You told me that youʼd wait forever Bm A Oh and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A Those were the best days of my life Outro: D A D A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ D A
