Chords
[Verse 1]
DI got my first real sixstring
A Bought it at the fiveanddime
D Played it 'til 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, Jody got married
A I should've known we'd never get far
[Pre-Chorus]
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 Abest days of my Dlife A
[Verse 2]
D It ain't no use in complaining
A When you got a job to do
D Spent my evenings down at the drivein
A And that's when I met you, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm Standin' on your Amama's porch
D You told me that you'd Gwait forever
Bm And when you Aheld my hand
D I knew that it was Gnow or never
Bm Those were the Abest days of my Dlife
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah. A
Back in the summer of Dsixty nine. A
[Bridge]
F Man we were Bbkilling time
We were Cyoung and restless
BbNeeded to unwind
F I guess Bbnothin' could last foreCver, forever, no!
D A D A
[Verse 3]
D And now the times are changin'
A Look at everything that's come and gone
D Sometimes when I play that old sixstring
A I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm Standin' on your Amama's porch
D You told me that it'd Glast forever
Bm Oh, and when you Aheld my hand
D I knew that it was Gnow or never
Bm Those were the Abest days of my Dlife
[Chorus]
Oh, yeah. A
Back in the summer of Dsixty nine, oh. A
It was the summer of Dsixty nine, oh, yeah. A
[Solo]
DSexty nine
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