Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [Intro] [A][A][D][E]
[Chorus 1] The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, [A] I'm not the kinda girl [D] who gives up [E] just like [A] that, Oh, [D] no--- [E] ----!
[Verse 1] It's [A] not the things you do that tease and [D] hurt me [E] bad [A] But it's the way you do the things you [D] do to [E] me, [A] I'm not the kinda girl [D] who gives up [E] just like [A] that, Oh, [D] no--- [E] ----!
[Chorus 2] The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, [D] number [E] one, [D] Number [E] one----------! [Riff]
[Verse 2] [A] Every girl wants you [D] to be her [E] man, [A] But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's [D] my [E] turn, [A] I'm not the kinda girl [D] who gives up [E] just like [A] that, Oh, [D] no--- [E] -----!
[Chorus 3] The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, [D] number [E] one, [D] Number [E] one----------! [Riff]
[Bridge - Sometimes Bm7 is used instead of D but don't bother] A A D E
[Verse 3] [A] Every girl wants you to [D] be her [E] man, [A] But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's [D] my [E] turn, [A] I'm not the kinda girl [D] who gives up [E] just like [A] that, Oh, [D] no--- [E] -----!
[Chorus 4] The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, [D] Number [E] one, [D] number [E] one, [D] Number [E] one- [[Riff]] ---------!
[Chorus 5] The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, The [A] tide is high, but I'm [D] holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one
[Chorus 6] The [A] tide is high, I'm [D] ...holding [E] on, [A] I'm gonna be your [D] number [E] one, The [A] tide is high, I'm [D] ...holding [E] on, I'm [A] gonna be your number one, your [D] ...number [E] one
Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [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
