D I got my first real six-string A Bought it at the five-and-dime D Played it ʼtil my fingers bled A It was the summer of ʼ69 D Me and some guys from school A Had a band and we tried real hard D Jimmy quit, Joey got married A I shoulda known weʼd never get far Chorus: Bm A Oh, when I look back now D G That summer seemed to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Yeah, Iʼd always wanna be there Bm A D A Those were the best days of my life D Ainʼt no use in complaininʼ A When you got a job to do D Spent my eveninʼs down at the drive in A And thatʼs when I met you, yeah Chorus: Bm A Standinʼ on your mamaʼs porch D G You told me that youʼd wait forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life A Oh yeah D Back in the summer of ʼ69 A Ohhh Bridge: F A# Man, we were killinʼ time C We were young and restless A# We needed to unwind F A# C I guess nothinʼ can last forever, forever no Instrumental: D A x2 D And now the times are changinʼ A Look at everything thatʼs come and gone D Sometimes when I play that old six-string A I think about you, wonder what went wrong Chorus: Bm A Standinʼ on your mamaʼs porch D G You told me that youʼd wait forever Bm A Oh, and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A D Those were the best days of my life A Oh yeah D Back in the summer of ʼ69 A Ohhh
