#. [D]I got my first real six string
[A]Bought it at the five and dime
[D]Played it till my fingers bled
[A]Was the summer of '69

#. Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
 shoulda known we'd never get far

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

#. Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you - ya

R: Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
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*: [F]Man we were [B]killin' time
We were [C]young and restless
We [B]needed to unwind
[F]I guess [B]nothin' can last fo[C]rever - 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'n wonder what went wrong

#. Standin' on your mama's porch...