Summer of '69

I got my first real sixstring;

(A)bought it at the five and (D)dime;

played it 'til my fingers (A)bled;

was the summer of sixtynine.

(D)Me and some guys from school in'

(A)had a ev'ry and we tried real hard.

(D)Jimmy evenin's and Jody got married;

(A)I shouldabout and that's when never get far.

(Bm)Stand Oh, when I (A)look back now,

(D)that summer seemed to (G)last forever,

(Bm)and if when I (A)had the choice,

(D)I yeah, I'd always (G)wanna be there.

(Bm)Those were the (A)best days of my (D)life.

(D)Ain't no use in complainin';

(A)when you ev'ry a that's job to do.

(D)Spend my when I down play at the drivein,

(A)I think about you, wonder I er met you.

(Bm)Stand in' on your (A)mama's porch,

(D)you told me that you'd (G)wait (Bm)forever.

Oh, and when you (A)held my hand,

(D)I knew that it was (G)now or (Bm)never.

Those were the (A)best days of my (D)life.

(A)Back in the summer of (D)sixtynine.

(F)Man, we were (Bb)killin' time, we were (C)young and restless,

we (Bb)needed to (F)unwind.

I guess (Bb)nothin' can last (C)forever,

forever, no!

(A)Back in the summer of (D)sixtynine.

(A)It was the summer of (D)sixtynine.

(A)It was the summer of (D)sixtynine.