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Intro: * D A D A 

verse 1:  

D                               A  
I got my first real six string, bought it at the five & dime 
D                               A  
Played it til my fingers bled, was the summer of '69 
D                             A  
Me and some guys from school, had a band and we tried real hard 
D                                A  
Jimmy quit and Jody got married, shoulda known we'd never get far 



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Bm        A              D                      G 
Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever 
Bm      A               D               G 
And if I had the choice, ya I'd always wanna be there 
Bm               A                  * D A D A  
Those were the best days of my life 


verse 2: 

D                         A  
Ain't no use complaining, when you gotta job to do 
D                                       A  
Spent my evenings down at the drive in, and that's when I met you, yeah! 



[Refrão]
 

Bm                A            D                       G 
Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever 
Bm         A                 D                G 
And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never 
Bm               A                 * D A D A                        * D A D A 
Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69 


Bridge:  

F              Bb 
Man we were killin' time 
          C                         Bb 
We were young and reckless, we needed to unwind 
F      Bb                    C 
I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no... 


Instrumental Break - Play Intro 


verse 3: 
  
D                              A  
And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone 
D                                       A 
Sometimes when I play my old six string, I think about you and wonder what went wrong 



[Refrão]
 

Bm                A             D                      G 
Standing on your mamma's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever 
Bm         A                 D                G 
And when I held your hand, I knew that it was now or never 
Bm               A                 * D A D A                          * D A D A  
Those were the best days of my life,........back in the summer of '69