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I got my first real six-string
La
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Re
Played it 'til my fingers bled
La
It was the summer of '69
Re
Me and some guys from school
La
Had a band and we tried real hard
Re
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
La
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Sim La
Oh, when I look back now
Re Sol
That summer seemed to last forever
Sim La
And if I had the choice
Re Sol
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Sim La Re
Those were the best days of my life
(Re) La
Re
Ain't no use in complainin'
La
When you got a job to do
Re
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
La
And that's when I met you
Sim La
Standin' on your mama's porch
Re Sol
You told me that you'd wait forever
Sim La
Oh, and when you held my hand
Re Sol
I knew that it was now or never
Sim La Re
Those were the best days of my life
(Re) La Re La
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
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Man, we were killin' time
Do
We were young and restless
La#
We needed to unwind
Fa La# Do
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
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Re
And now the times are changin'
La
Look at everything that's come and gone
Re
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
La
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Sim La
Standin' on your mama's porch
Re Sol
You told me that it'd last forever
Sim La
Oh, and when you held my hand
Re Sol
I knew that it was now or never
Sim La Re
Those were the best days of my life
(Re) La Re La
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
Re - La
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