#. [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 --> *: [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...