Transpose up
(INTRO)
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I got my first real six-string
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Bought it at the five and dime
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Played it ’til my fingers bled
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Was the summer of ’69
(VER)
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Me and some guys from school
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Had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit and Jody got married
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I should’ve known we’d never get far
(CHO)
Bm
Oh, when I
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look back now
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That summer seemed to
G
last
forever
Bm
And if I
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had the choice
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Yeah, I’d always
G
wanna be there
Bm
Those were the
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best days of my
D
life
(INSTRUMENTAL)
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(VER)
D
Ain’t no use in complainin’
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When you got a job to do
D
I spent my evenings down at the drive-in
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And that’s when I met you, yeah
(CHO)
Bm
Standin’ on your
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mama’s
porch
D
You told me that you’d
G
wait
forever
Bm
Oh, and when you
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held my hand
D
I knew that it was
G
now or never
Bm
Those were the
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best days of my
D
life
D
Oh, yea
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h
Back in the summer of ‘
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69,
o
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h
(BRI)
F
Man, we were
Bb
killin’
time
We were
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young and restless
We
Bb
needed to unwind
F
I guess
Bb
nothing can last for
C
ever
Forever, no
Yeah
(INSTRUMENTAL)
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A
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(VER)
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And now the times are changin’
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Look at everything that’s come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
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I think about you, wonder what went wrong
(CHO)
Bm
Standin’ on your
A
mama’s
porch
D
You told me that it’d
G
last
forever
Bm
Oh, and when you
A
held my hand
D
I knew that it was
G
now or never
Bm
Those were the
A
best days of my
D
life
D
Oh, ye
A
ah
Back in the summer of ‘
D
69,
uh-
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huh
It was the summer of ‘
D
69, oh, y
A
eah
(OUTRO)
Me and my baby in ‘
D
69,
o
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h,
oh
It was the
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summer, summer, summer of ‘
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69
(Ye
A
ah)
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