Intro: A, E, D, A, E, D
A
It was the year of 91
E
Freddy Mercury was gone
D
And Nevermind was playing on our radios
A
We were only seventeen
E
I would park out on your street
D
Wait for dark to see you climbing out your window
A
Something's gone wrong with the weather
E
There's a storm out in the desert
D
But to us that all seemed very far away
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
E A E
She would still be mine
A D
She would still be mine
A
While the Iron Curtain fell
E
We were lying in a field
D
Shared the gin and cigarettes I'd stolen from my dad
A
We both knew what would happen next
E
In my cherry red AX
D
Did she know she was the best I'd ever had
A
Said we'd always be together
E
That we'd stay this way forever
D
The future seemed so very far away
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D
She would still be mine
D
You must be married now
A
In some suburban house
E
Are you happy now?
D
Do you ever think back to those times?
It was so innocent
A E
Do you ever meet me in your mind?
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D
She would still be mine
D A D
(Oh yeah, she was)
A D
She'd still be mine
(Sometimes)
A D
Still be mine
E
(Best days of our lives)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D A
She would still be mine.
outro: A, E, D, A, E, D
