Summer Of 69

C   I got my first real six-string.

	G
	Bought it at a five and dime.

	C
	Played it till my fingers bled,

	G
	Was the summer of 69'

	C
	Me and some guys from school.

	G
	Had a band and we tried real hard.

	C
	Jimmy quit, Jody Got married,

	G
	Should've known We'd never get far.

CHORUS

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	Am	G
	Oh, when i	look back now

	C	F
	The summer seemed	to last forever.

	Am	G
	And If I h	ad the choice

	C	F
	yeah if there was	one I'd be there

Am G

Those were the best days of my life.

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C

G

	C
	Aint no use in complainin'

	G
	When you got a job to do.

	C
	Spend my evenings down at the drive in

	G
	And that's when I met you.

CHORUS

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	Am	G
	Standing on your	daddy's Porch

	C	F
	You told me that you'd	wait forever

	Am	G
	Oh, then you h	eld my hand

	C	F
	I knew that it was	now or never.

Am G

Those were the best days of my life.

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C

G

C

G

BRIDGE

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	Eb	Bb
	we were killi	ng time

	Ab
	We were young and restless

	Bb
	We needed to unwind

	Eb	Bb	Bb	C	G
	I guess no	thin' could last forever	, forever NO!

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C

G

	C
	And now the times are changin'

	G
	Look at everything that's come and gone.

	C
	Sometimes when I play that old six string

	G
	I think about you and wonder what went wrong.

CHORUS

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	Am	G
	Standing on your	daddy's Porch

	C	F
	You told me that you'd	wait forever

	Am	G
	Oh, then you h	eld my hand

	C	F
	I knew that it was	now or never.

	Am	G
	Those were the b	est days of my life