D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it til my fingers bled
A
It was the 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 shoulda known we'd never get far

Hmi
Oh when I look back now
D
That summer seemed to last forever
Hmi
And if I had the choice
D
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Hmi
Those were the best days of my life

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-ya

Hmi             A
Standin' on your Mama's porch
D                      G
You told me that you'd  wait forever
Hmi             A
Oh and when you  held my hand
D                  G
I knew that it was  now or never
Hmi            A                D
Those were the  best days of my  life

F          Ami
Man we werekillin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of '69