Summer Of 69 Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

C

CI got my first real six-string.

GBought it at a five and dime.

CPlayed it till my fingers bled,

GWas the summer of 69'

CMe and some guys from school.

GHad a band and we tried real hard.

CJimmy quit, Joey Got married,

GShould've known We'd never get far.

CHORUS

AmOh, when i Glook back now

CThe summer seemed Fto last forever.

AmAnd If I hGad the choice

Cyeah if there was Fone I'd be there

Am G (Hold out Single Stroke)

Those were the best days of my life.

C

G

CAint no use in complainin'

GWhen you got a job to do.

CSpend my evenings down at the drive in

GAnd that's when I met you.

CHORUS

AmStanding on your Gdaddy's Porch

CYou told me that you'dF wait forever

AmOh, then you hGeld my hand

CI knew that it was Fnow or never.

Am G (Hold Out Single Stroke)

Those were the best days of my life.

C

G

C

G

BRIDGE

D♯we were killiA♯ng time

G♯We were young and restless

A♯We needed to unwind

D♯I guess noA♯thin' could last foreverA♯, forever NO! C G

C

G

CAnd now the times are changin'

GLook at everything that's come and gone.

CSometimes when I play that old six string

GI think about you and wonder what went wrong.

CHORUS

AmStanding on your Gdaddy's Porch

CYou told me that you'dF wait forever

AmOh, then you hGeld my hand

CI knew that it was Fnow or never.

AmThose were the bGest days of my life.

Then just repeat C and G until the End.. I think whoever did the bass tab needs to

re-think it.. This is perfect.. I promise...