Tom: C
Intro:
C
Verse:
C
I got my first real six-string
G9
Bought it at the five-and-dime
C
Played 'til my fingers bled
G9
It was summer of '69
Verse:
C
Me and some guys from school
G9
Had a band and we tried real hard
C
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
G9
I shualda known we'd never get far
Chorus:
Am G9
Oh when I look back now
C Fmaj7
That was seemes to last forever
Am G9
And if I had the choice
C Fmaj7
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Am G9 (stop)
Those were the best days of my life
Break:
C G9 Fmaj7 x4
Verse:
C
Ain't no use in complainin'
G9
When you got a job to do
C
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
G9
And that's when I met you
Chorus:
Am G9
Standin on a mama's porch
C Fmaj7
You told me that you'd wait forever
Am G9
Oh and when you held my hand
C Fmaj7
I knew that it was now or never
Am G9 (stop)
Those were the best days of my life
Break:
C G9 Fmaj7 C G9 Fmaj7
Back in the summer of 69
C G9 Fmaj7
Back in the summer of 69
C G9 Fmaj7 x6
Verse:
C
And now the times are changin'
G9
Look at everything that's come and gone
C
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
G9
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Chorus:
Am G9
Standin on a mama's porch
C Fmaj7
You told me that you'd wait forever
Am G9
Oh and when you held my hand
C Fmaj7
I knew that it was now or never
Am G9 (stop)
Those were the best days of my life
End:
C G9 Fmaj7 C G9 Fmaj7
Back in the summer of 69
C G9
Back in the summer of 69
Fmaj7 C
Those were the best days of my life
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