|-0-----2-----3------2-----0---2--------------------------------------| |---3-----3-----3------3------------0-----2-----3------2-----0----2---| |-----2-----2------2-----2---2---2----2-----2-----3------2------------| |---------------------------------------2-----2------2-----2----2---2-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| Intro: * verse 1: 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 forever And if I had the choice, ya I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life verse 2: Ain't no use complaining, when you gotta job to do Spent my evenings down at the drive in, and that's when I met you, yeah! 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 Bridge: Man we were killin' time We were young and reckless, we needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no... Instrumental Break - Play Intro verse 3: 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 and wonder what went wrong 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