7 Chords used in the song: D, A, Bm, G, F, A#, C
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D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played 'til my fingers bled
A
It was summer of '69
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a Band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A
I shualda known we'd never get far
BmA
Oh when I look back now
DG
That was seemes to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D ? A
A|0--0-0-2--2-2-3-3-3-2---2-2---|
E|-2--2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--2------2------0-----4-------| X 2
G|------------------------------|
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A
And that's when I met you
Bm A
Standin on a mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D A D ? A
A|0--0-0-2--2-2-3-3-3-2---2-2---|
E|-2--2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--2------2------0-----4-------| X 2
G|------------------------------|
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69?
F A#
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
A#
We needed to unwind
F A# C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
D ? A D ? A
A|0--0-0-2--2-2-3-3-3-2---2-2---|
E|-2--2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--2------2------0-----4-------| X 2
G|------------------------------|
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Bm A
Standin on a mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
D A D ? A
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69?
A|0--0-0-2--2-2-3-3-3-2---2-2---|
E|-2--2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
C|--2------2------0-----4-------| X 2
G|------------------------------|
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woodshed
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Definitely a step in the right direction, but it still needs a little tweaking. +1 Keep at it.
17 Mar 2011
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