[Intro - Original Key - Capo 3rd fret - don't bother live] Just drums B BBS - BB(SS)BBS x 2 [Am] Am goes to F which starts the figure
[Am][F][F][G][G][Am] e|-3-00-1-----3--1--3-----3--0--0-----00--0-- B|-1-11-1-----1--1--3-----3--0--1-----11--1-- G|-2-22-2-----2--2--2-----2--0--2-----02--2-- D|-2-22-3-----x--3--0-----0--0--2-----22--2-- A|-0-00-3-----3--3--x-----x--x--0-----00--0-- E|------1-----1--1--3-----3--3--x-------------- DR-B S B S B S B S B S B S B S B
[Am][F][F][G][G][Am] e|-3-3-1--------3-3-3------0--0--00-- B|-1-1-1--------1-1-3------0--3--11-- G|-2-2-2--------2-2-2------0--2--22-- D|-2-2-3--------x-x-0------0--2--22-- A|-0-0-3--------3-3-x------x--0--00-- E|-----1--------1-1-3------3--x------ DR-S B S B S B S B S B S
[Verse 1- Change over first part is Am to G alot] It doesn't [F] hurt me. (oh [G] yeah yeah [Am] yoh) [Am] You wanna feel how it [F] feels? [G][Am] [Am] You wanna know, know that it doesn't [F] hurt me? [G][Am] [Am] You wanna hear about the [F] deal I'm [G] making? [F] You-ooo [G] oooo ooh [Am] ooh ooh ooh its [F] You and [G] me-ee [Am] ee ee ee
[Chorus] And [F] if I only could, Make a [G] deal with God, And [Am] get him to swap our places, Be running up that [F] road, Be running up that [G] hill, Be running up that [Am] building. If I only [F] could....... [G] oh... [Am] oh...
[Repeat 2nd half of intro riff] [Am][F][G][Am]
[Verse 2] [Am] You don't want to [F] hurt me, [G] [Am] But see how deep the bullet [F] lies. [G] [Am] Unaware that I'm tearing you a [F] sunder. [G] [Am] There is thunder in our [F] hearts, ba [G] by. [Am] So much hate for the ones we [F] love? [G] [Am] Tell me, we both mat [F] ter, don't we? [G] [F] You- [G] oo- [Am] ooo, [F] You and [G] me- [Am] ee, [F] You and [G] me won't be [G] unhappy.
[Chorus] And [F] if I only could, Make a [G] deal with God, And [Am] get him to swap our places, Be running up that [F] road, Be running up that [G] hill, Be running up that [Am] building. If I only [F] could....... [G] oh... [Am] oh... [Repeat 2nd half of intro riff] [Am][F][G][Am]
[F] You- [G] oo- [Am] ooo, [F] Its you and [G] me-ee, [Am] ee ee ee [F] You and [G] me won't be [G] unhappy.
[Bridge] [F] 'C'mon, baby, [G] c'mon, c'mon, darling, [Am] Let me steal this moment from you now. [F] C'mon, angel, [G] c'mon, c'mon, darling, [Am] Let's exchange the experience, oh...' [F] Oh-o [G] h-- [Am] oh, [Repeat 2nd half of intro riff] [Am][F][G][Am]
[Chorus] And if I only [F] could, Make a deal with [G] God, And get him to [Am] swap our places, Be running up that [F] road, Be running up that [G] hill, With no [Am] problems
And if I only [F] could, Make a deal with [G] God, And get him to [Am] swap our places, Be running up that [F] road, Be running up that [G] hill, With no [Am] problems
[Repeat twice to end] [Am] Only [F] could be [G] running up that hill [Am]
[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600] Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse
[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug] [D] I got my first real six-string [G] [A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G] [D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G] [A] It was the summer of '69 [G]
[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum] [D] Me and some guys from school [G] [A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G] [D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G] [A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] [Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now [D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever [Bm] And if I [A] had the choice [D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there [Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my
[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open] Life [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 3] [D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G] [A] When you got a job to do [G] [D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G] [A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]
[Chorus 2] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Instrumental] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge] [F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time We were [C] young and restless We [Bb] needed to unwind [F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last for [C] ever, forever no
[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 4] [D] And now the times are changin' [G] [A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G] [D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G] [A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3] [Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch [D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever [Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand [D] I knew that it was [G] now or never [Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Outro] [Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D][Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat
