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:
AmG9 Oh when I look back now
CFmaj7 That was seemes to last forever
AmG9 And if I had the choice
CFmaj7 Ya - I'd always wanna be there
AmG9 (stop) Those were the best days of my life
CG9 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:
AmG9 Standin on a mama's porch
CFmaj7 You told me that you'd wait forever
AmG9 Oh and when you held my hand
CFmaj7 I knew that it was now or never
AmG9 (stop) Those were the best days of my life
 Break:
CG9 Fmaj7CG9 Fmaj7 Back in the summer of 69
CG9 Fmaj7 Back in the summer of 69
CG9 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:
AmG9 Standin on a mama's porch
CFmaj7 You told me that you'd wait forever
AmG9 Oh and when you held my hand
CFmaj7 I knew that it was now or never
AmG9 (stop) Those were the best days of my life
 End:
CG9 Fmaj7CG9 Fmaj7 Back in the summer of 69
CG9 Back in the summer of 69
Fmaj7C Those were the best days of my life