VERSE 1:
[D] I got my first real six-string, [A] bought it at the five-and-dime
[D] Played it till my fingers bled, [A] 'was the summer of '69

VERSE 2:
[D] Me and some guys from school, [A] had a band and we tried real hard
[D] Jimmy quit and Jody got married, [A] shoulda known we'd never get far

CHORUS 1:
[Bm] But when I [A] look back now, [D] the 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 [A] [D] [A]

VERSE 3:
[D] Ain't no use in complainin', [A] when you got a job to do
[D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in, [D] and that's when I met you, yeah

CHORUS 2:
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch, [D] you told me that you'd [G] wait forever
[Bm] 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 [A]
Back in the summer of [D] '69 [A]

BRIDGE:
[F] Man we were [Bb] killin' time
We were [C] young and restless, we [Bb] needed to unwind
[F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last [C] forever, [C] forever

VERSE 4:
[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 ya wonder what went wrong

CHORUS 3:
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch, [D] you told me that you'd [G] wait forever
[Bm] 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 [A]
Back in the summer of [D] '69 [A]

OUTRO:
It was the summer of [D] '69 [A]
Just me and my baby in [D] '69 [A]
Yeah, it was the summer of, summer of [D] '69 [A]
It was the summer of [D] love [A]