🎶 Summer Of 69

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Intro
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Verse
[A#]I got my first real six string [Db]- brought it at the five & dime
[A#]Played it til my fingers bled [Db]- was the summer of '69
[A#]Me and some guys from school [Db]had a band and we tried real hard
[A#]Jimmy quit and Jody got married [Db]- shoulda known we'd never get far

Chorus
[Bb]Oh when I lo [Db]ok back now - t [A#]hat summer seemed to la [Em]st for ever
[Bb]And if I ha [Db]d the choice - y [A#]a I'd always wa [Em]nna be there
[Bb]Those were the [Db]best days of my [A#]life [Db]

Verse
[A#]Ain't no use complaining [Db]- when ya gotta job to do
[A#]Spent my evenings down at the drive in [Db]- and that's when I met you - ya

Chorus
[Bb]Standing on your Ma [Db]mma's porch - y [A#]ou told me that you'd wa [Em]it forever
[Bb]And when I he [Db]ld your hand - I [A#]knew that it was no [Em]w or never
[Bb]Those were the be [Db]st days of my li [A#]fe - [Db]back in the summer of ' [A#]69 [Db]

Interlude
[E#m]Man we were [G#m]killin' time
[D#m]We were young and [G#m]reckless - we needed to unwind
[E#m]I guess [G#m]nothing can last [D#m]forever...

Instrumental
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Verse
[A#]And now the times are changin'
[Db]Look at everything that's come and gone
[A#]Sometimes when I play my old six string
[Db]I think about you wonder what went wrong

Chorus
[Bb]Standing on your Ma [Db]mma's porch - y [A#]ou told me it'd la [Em]st forever
[Bb]And when I he [Db]ld your hand - I [A#]knew that it was no [Em]w or never
[Bb]Those were the [Db]best days of my life - [A#] [Db]back in the summer of [A#]'69 [Db]

Outro
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