Intro: (arpeggiated) A (arpeggiated) e|-------------------------------------------------- B|---3--------3------------------------------------- G|---2--2--2--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--0--0--0- A|-------------------------------------------------- E|-------------------------------------------------- I got my first real six string - bought it at the five & dime Played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard jimmy quit and Jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far Oh when I look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever And if I had the choice - ya I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do Spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when I met you - ya Standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever And when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 Man we were killin' time We were young and reckless - we needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever... And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play my old six string I think about you wonder what went wrong Standing on your mama's porch - you told me it'd last forever And when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 Continue