Summer Of 69

	  		
nd fret! 

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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 


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 

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 


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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