Verses: (with palm muting)
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   D
        _   _   _     _   _   _
   |   | |   | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-3-----3---------|-------------3-|
G|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|

   A
        _   _   _     _   _   _
   |   | |   | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-------------2-|
D|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|---------------|


Riff: D  A:
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   Dsus2 D     Dsus4   D   Dsus2 D     
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2-|
B|---3-----3-----3-|-----3-----3---|
G|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-------|
D|-0---------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|


  Asus2 A     Asus4   A   Asus2 A
    _   _   _   _     _   _   _
   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---------------|
B|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2-|
G|---2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2---|
D|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-------|
A|-0---------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|


Intro: D


D
I got my first real six string,
A
brought it at the Five and Dime
D
Played it till my fingers bled, 
A
was the 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
should've known we'd never get far


Bm        A
Oh when I look back now,
D                     G
that summer seemed to last for ever
Bm       A
And if I had the choice, 
D          G
I'd always wanna be there
Bm
Those were the
A              [Riff: D  A]
best days of my life


D
Ain't no use complaining, 
A
when ya gotta job to do
D
Spent my evenings down at the drive in 
A
and that's when I met you
Bm                 A
Standing on your Mamma's porch  
D                       G
you told me that you'd wait forever


Bm           A
And when I held your hand I 
D                 G
knew that it was now or never
Bm               A              [Riff: D  A]
Those were the best days of my life.
                                [Riff: D  A]
Back in the summer of '69


F             Bb
Man we were killin' time
          C
We were young and reckless. 
Bb
We needed to unwind
F         Bb                  C
I guess nothing can last forever...


[Riff: D  A] (2 times)


D
And now the times are changing,
A
look at everything that's come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play my old six string,
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong


Bm                 A
Standing on your manna's porch 
D                 G
You told me it'd last forever
Bm           A
And when I held your hand I
D                   G
knew that it was now or never
Bm               A             [Riff: D  A]
Those were the best days of my life.
                               [Riff: D  A]
Back in the summer of '69


D  A... (fade out)