Summer Of 69

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I got my first real sixstring
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Bought it at the fiveanddime
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Played it 'til my fingers bled
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It was the summer of sixty nine
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Me and some guys from school
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Had a band and we tried real hard.
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Jimmy quit, Jody got married
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I should've known we'd never get far
 
 
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Oh, when I look back now
D                      G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm         A
And if I had the choice
D                 G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm               A               D   A
Those were the best days of my life
 
 
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It ain't no use in complaining
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When you got a job to do
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Spent my evenings down at the drivein
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And that's when I met you, yeah
 
 
Bm                 A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D                       G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm             A
And when you held my hand
D                   G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm               A               D
Those were the best days of my life
 
 
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Oh, yeah.
                      D          A
Back in the summer of sixty nine.
 
 
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Man we were killing time
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We were young and restless
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Needed to unwind
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I guess nothin' could last forever, forever, no!
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And now the times are changin'
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Look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play that old sixstring
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I think about you, wonder what went wrong
 
 
Bm                 A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D                      G
You told me that it'd last forever
Bm                 A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D                   G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm               A               D
Those were the best days of my life
 
 
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Oh, yeah.
                      D              A
Back in the summer of sixty nine, oh.
                     D                    A
It was the summer of sixty nine, oh, yeah.
 
 
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Sexty nine
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