[Verse - E D A D] [E] Won't you come [D] see about me? [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Tell me your [D] troubles and doubts [A] Giving everything [D] inside and out and [E] Love's strange, so [D] real in the dark [A] Think of the tender things [D] that we were working on [E] Slow change may [D] pull us apart [A] When the light gets [D] into your heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me
[Middle Eight - C G D A] [C] Will you stand above me? [G] Look my way, never love me [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down [C] Will you recognize me? [G] Call my name or walk on by [D] Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling [A] Down, down, down, down
[Verse - E D A D] [E] Don't you [D] try and pretend [A] It's my feeling we'll [D] win in the end [E] I won't harm you or [D] touch your defenses [A] Vanity and se [D] curity, ah [E] Don't you for [D] get about me [A] I'll be alone, [D] dancing, you know it, baby [E] Going to [D] take you apart [A] I'll put us back to [D] gether at heart, baby
[Chorus - E D A A] [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me Don't, don't, don't, don't [E] Don't you, [E][D] forget about [A] me As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name?...........[D] ....As you walk on [E] by ........[D] Will you call my [A] name? .....[D] When you walk away
[Stop - then just bass drum - E D A D] [E][D][A][D] Or will you walk away? [E][D][A][D] Will you walk on by? [E][D][A] Come on, call my [D] name [E] Will you call my [D] name? [A] (drum fill starts here) [D]
[Drum fill - more strumming chords as opposed to snare roll] E--- D--- A--(AAAA) DDDDD D D BBBB BBBB BBBB B S BBS BSS [Outro - Big fill - Drums back in - E D A D] I say la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la [E] La........ la-la-la-la, [D] la......la-la-la-la [A] ah ...... la .. la ..la [D] la..la..la..la..la..la (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] Chorus - E at 7th fret - drone low then D at 2nd but play high A, then A at 9th 0 10 9 11 0 - drum fill to Middle 8 Slap hands on guitar to get volume - perhaps combine with fingers Middle 8 - C C (run down 3 2 0) G D A (move up neck to emulate keys - 333 567 10911)
[Big Fill] final RR is hard slap on sound board both hands bottom right - left hand comes across when A played Count 1 2 3 on bass drum and start roll before 4 --RLRLRLR-RLRLR-RLBBS-B-B 3---4---1---2---3---4---1 ------------------I-saywhola
[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
