Summer Of '69

D I got my first real six-string

A Bought it at the five-and-dime

D Played it 'til 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, Jody got married

A I should've known we'd never get far

Bm Oh, when I A look back now

D That summer seemed to G last forever

Bm And if I A had the choice

D Yeah, I'd always G wanna be there

Bm Those were the A best days of my D life

D Ain't no use in complainin'

A When you've got a job to do

D Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

A And that's when I met you, yeah

Bm Standin' on your A mama's porch

D You told me that you'd G wait forever

Bm Oh, and when you A held my hand

D I knew that it was G now or never

Bm Those were the A best days of my D life

Oh, A yeah.

Back in the summer of D '69, A oh.

F Man we were A# killin' time

We were C young and restless

We A# needed to unwind

F I guess A# nothin' can last C forever, forever, no! yeah! D A 

D And now the times are changin'

A Look at everything that's come and gone

D Sometimes when I play that old six-string

A I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Bm Standin' on your A mama's porch

D You told me that it'd G last forever

Bm Oh, and when you A held my hand

D I knew that it was G now or never

Bm Those were the A best days of my D life

Oh, A yeah.

Back in the summer of D '69, A oh.

It was the summer of D '69, oh, A yeah.

Me and my baby in D '69, A oh. D 

It was the A summer, the summer, the summer of D '69, yeah.