D I got my first real six strings

 A Bought it at the Five & 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 and Jody got married

 A  I shouda known we'd never get far

 Bm  Oh when I loo A k back now

 D That summer seemed to la G  st forever

 Bm  And if I ha A d the choice  D yeah

I'd always wa G  nna be there

 Bm  Those were the be A st days of my lif D e   A 

 D Ain't no use in complainin'

 A  When you got a job to do

 D Spend my evenin'down at the drive-in

 A  And that's when I met you yeah

 Bm  Standin'on your ma A ma's porch

 D You told me that you'd wai G t forever

 Bm  Oh when you hel A d my hand

 D I knew that it was no G w or never

 Bm  Those were the be A st days of my li D  fe

Oh ye A ah... back in the summer of 6 D 9   A 

 F Man we were k Bb illing time we were you C  ng

And restless w Bb e needed to unwind

 F I guess no Bb thin'can last forev C er, forever no !  D 

 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

I A  think 'bout you; wonder what went wrong

 Bm  Standin'on your ma A ma's porch

 D You told me it would last G  forever

 Bm  Oh when you hel A d my hand

 D I knew that it was no G w or never

 Bm  Those were the be A st days of my li D fe

Oh y A eah... back in the summer of  D 69

 A Back in the summer of 69  D      A 

Me and my baby in 6 D 9...