Chord of Summer of 69

D  
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played 'til my fingers bled
A
It was summer of '69

D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a Band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A
I shualda known we'd never get far

Bm  A
Oh when I look back now
D   G
That was seemes to last forever
Bm  A
And if I had the choice
D   G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm   A
Those were the best days of my life

D – A

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


Bm   A
Standin on a 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
Those were the best days of my life

D A    D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

F   Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F  Bb   C  
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

D – A D – A

D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Bm   A
Standin on a 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
Those were the best days of my life


D A    D – A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

D – A (All the way to the end)