Summer Of '69

I got my first real sixstring;

(G)bought it at the five and dime;

(C)played it 'til my fingers bled;

(G)was the summer of sixtynine.

(C)Me and some guys from school (G)in' had a band 'ry and we tried real hard.

(C)Jimmy quit nin's and Jody got married;

(G)I shoulda known you, won we'd never get (Am)far.

Stand Oh, when I (G)look back (C)now,

that summer seemed to (F)last forever,

(Am)and if I (G)had the choice,

(C)I yeah, I'd always (F)wanna be there.

(Am)Those were the (G)best days of my (C)life.

(C)Ain't no use in complain in';

(G)when you got 'ry a that's job to do.

(C)Spend my eve nin's down play at the drivein',

(G)I think and that's you, won when I er met you.

(Am)Standin', on your (G)mama's porch,

(C)you told me that you'd (F)wait forever.

(Am)Oh, and you (G)held my hand,

(C)I knew that it was (F)now or never.

(Am)Those were the (G)best days of my (C)life.

(G)Back in the summer of (C)sixtynine.

(Eb)Man, we were (Ab)killin' time, we were (Bb)young and restless,

we (Ab)needed to unwind.

(Eb)I guess (Ab)nothin' can last (Bb)forever,

forever, no!

(G)Back in the summer of (C)sixtynine.

(G)It was the summer of (C)sixtynine.