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D* - progression: Dsus - D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus - D (arpeggiated) A* - progression: Asus - A - Asus4 - A - Asus - A (arpeggiated) [Intro] D* A* D* A* [Verse] D* A* I got my first real six string - bought it at the five & dime D* A* Played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69 D* A* Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard D* A* Jimmy quit and Jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far [Chorus] Bm A D G Oh when I look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever Bm A D G And if I had the choice - ya I'd always wanna be there Bm A D* A* Those were the best days of my life [Verse] D* A* Ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do D* A* Spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when I met you - ya [Chorus] Bm A D G Standing on your Mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever Bm A D G And when you held my hand - I knew that it was now or never Bm A D* A* D* A* Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 [Interlude] F Bb Man we were killin' time C Bb We were young and reckless - we needed to unwind F Bb C I guess nothing can last forever... [Instrumental] D* A* D* A* [Verse] D* And now the times are changin' A* Look at everything that's come and gone D* Sometimes when I play my old six string A* I think about you wonder what went wrong [Chorus] Bm A D G Standing on your Mamma's porch - you told me it'd last forever Bm A D G And when you held my hand - I knew that it was now or never Bm A D* A* D* A* Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 [Outro] D* A*
