Summer Of '69
Key: DEnglish
Verse
DI got my first real six strings
ABought it at the Five & Dime
DPlayed it 'til my fingers bled
AWas the summer of 69
DMe and some guys from school
AHad a band and we tried real hard
DJimmy quit and Jody got married
AI shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus
Bm Oh when I Alook back now
DThat summer seemed to Glast forever
Bm And if I Ahad the choice Dyeah
I'd always Gwanna be there
Bm Those were the Abest days of my Dlife A
Verse
DAin't no use in complainin'
AWhen you got a job to do
DSpend my evenin' down at the drive-in
AAnd that's when I met you yeah
Chorus
Bm Standin' on your Amama's porch
DYou told me that you'd Gwait forever
Bm Oh when you Aheld my hand
DI knew that it was Gnow or never
Bm Those were the Abest days of my Dlife
Oh Ayeah... back in the summer of D69 A
Bridge
FMan we were Bbkilling time we were Cyoung
And restless Bbwe needed to unwind
FI guess Bbnothin' can last Cforever, forever no! D
A D A
Verse
DAnd now the times are changin'
ALook at everything that's come and gone
DSometimes when I play that old six string
I Athink 'bout you; wonder what went wrong
Chorus
Bm Standin' on your Amama's porch
DYou told me it would last Gforever
Bm Oh when you Aheld my hand
DI knew that it was Gnow or never
Bm Those were the Abest days of my Dlife
Oh Ayeah... back in the summer of D69
ABack in the summer of 69 D A
Me and my baby in D69...