Intro D D D D
D I got my first real four-string A Bought it at the Five and Dime
D Played it till my fingers bled A It was the summer of sixty-nine
D Me and some guys from school A Had a band and we tried real hard
D Jimmy quit... Jodie got married A Shoulda known... we’d never get far
Bm Oh, when I Alook back now D That summer seemed to Glast forever
Bm And if I Ahad the choice D Yeah I’d always Gwanna be there
Bm* Those were the A*best days of my Dlife D A A
D Ain’t no use in complainin’
A When you’ve got a job to do
D Spent my evenin’s down at the drive-in
A And that’s when I met you, yeah
Chorus
Bm Standin’ on your Amama’s porch
D You told me that you’d Gwait forever
Bm Oh and when you Aheld my hand
D I knew that it was Gnow or never
Bm* Those were the A*best A*days of my
Dlife...oh Ayeah... back in the summer of D69 D A A
Refrain
F Man we were Bbkillin’ time
We were Cyoung and restless... we Bbneeded to unwind
F I guess Bbnothin’ can last forCever... forever... no
Instrumental
D Down, Up, Down, Up, Down,Up A Down, Up, Down, Up, Down,Up
D Down, Up, Down, Up, Down,Up A Down, Up, Down, Up, Down,Up
Normal Strum
D And now the times are changin’
A Look at everything that’s come and gone
D Sometimes when I play that old four-string
A I think about ya, wonder what went wrong
Chorus
Outro
DOh yeah! A
It was the summer of D69
Oh Ayeah!
Me and my baby and a D69 D
Uh-huh A A
Outro
D D A A
D D A A
D – single strum