1. 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
2. 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
3. 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 foC 
rever - forever, no…
4. 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
5. Standin' on your mama's porch…