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…