Tom: D
Introdução: D
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it ' til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of ' 69
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
A
I shoulda known we' d never get far
Bm A
Oh, when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I' d always wanna be there
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
D
Ain' t no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin' s down at the drive in
A
And that' s when I met you, yeah
Bm A
Standin' on your mama' s porch
D G
You told me that you' d wait forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
( D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of ' 69 Ohhh
F Bb
Man, we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb/D
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that' s come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Bm A
Standin' on your mama' s porch
D G
You told me that it' d last forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
( D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of ' 69 Uh-huh
D A
It was the summer of ' 69. Oh yeah
D A
Me and my baby in ' 69. Ohhhhh, oh
D A D
It was the summer, summer, summer of ' 69
A D A D A
Yeah
(Fade out)