CAPO 2
C
I got my first real six-string
G
Bought it at the five-and-dime
C
Played ’til my fingers bled
G
It was summer of ’69
C
Me and some guys from school
G
Had a Band and we tried real hard
C
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
G
I shualda known we’d never get far
Am G
Oh when I look back now
C F
That seemes to last forever
Am G
And if I had the choice
C F
Ya – I’d always wanna be there
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
C – G
C
Ain’t no use in complainin’
G
When you got a job to do
C
Spent my evenin’s down at the drive in
G
And that’s when I met you
Am G
Standin on a mama’s porch
C F
You told me that you’d wait forever
Am G
Oh and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
C G C – G
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
C
And now the times are changin’
G
Look at everything that’s come and gone
C
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
G
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Am G
Standin on a mama’s porch
C F
You told me that you’d wait forever
Am G
Oh and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
Outro: C – G – C – G
C
I got my first real six-string
G
Bought it at the five-and-dime
C
Played ’til my fingers bled
G
It was summer of ’69
C
Me and some guys from school
G
Had a Band and we tried real hard
C
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
G
I shualda known we’d never get far
Am G
Oh when I look back now
C F
That seemes to last forever
Am G
And if I had the choice
C F
Ya – I’d always wanna be there
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
C – G
C
Ain’t no use in complainin’
G
When you got a job to do
C
Spent my evenin’s down at the drive in
G
And that’s when I met you
Am G
Standin on a mama’s porch
C F
You told me that you’d wait forever
Am G
Oh and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
C G C – G
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
C
And now the times are changin’
G
Look at everything that’s come and gone
C
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
G
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Am G
Standin on a mama’s porch
C F
You told me that you’d wait forever
Am G
Oh and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G
Those were the best days of my life
Outro: C – G – C – G