Summer Of 69 Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D I got my first real six-string

A Bought it at the five-and-dime

D Played 'til my fingers bled

A It was 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 shualda known we'd never get far

Bm Oh when IA look back now

D That was seemes tGo last forever

Bm And if IA had the choice

D Ya - I'd always Gwanna be there

Bm Those were the Abest days of my life

D – A

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

A And that's when I met you

Bm Standin on Aa mama's porch

D You told me that you'd wait Gforever

Bm Oh and when you heldA my hand

D I knew that it was Gnow or never

Bm Those were the bAest days of my life

D A D – A

(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

F Man we were kA♯illin' time

 We were young anCd restless

 We needeA♯d to unwind

F I guessA♯ nothin' can last foreveCr, forever no

D – A D – A

D And now the times are changin'

A Look at everything that's come and gone

D Somethimes when I play that old six-string

A I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Bm Standin on Aa mama's porch

D You told me that you'd wait Gforever

Bm Oh and when you heldA my hand

D I knew that it was Gnow or never

Bm Those were the bAest days of my life

D A D – A

(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’

D – A (All the way to the end)