Intro] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Chorus 1] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Verse 1] A It's not the things you do that D E tease and hurt me bad A But it's the way you do the things D E you do to me, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no-------!
[Chorus 2] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Verse 2] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 3] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E D I'm gonna be your number one, number E one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Bridge] A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / Bm7 E / | / / / / | A D E A | / / / / | / / / / | / / / D E / | / / / / |
[Verse 3] A D E Every girl wants you to be her man, A D But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my E turn, A D I'm not the kinda girl who gives up E A just like that, D E Oh, no--------!
[Chorus 4] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, D E D E Number one, number one, D E [Riff] Number one----------!
[Chorus 5] A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, but I'm holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one
[Chorus 6] A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A D E I'm gonna be your number one, A D The tide is high, I'm ...holding E on, A I'm gonna be your number one, your D E ...number one
[Coda] A D E ||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [Repeat]
[Suggestion for ending] D E [Riff] | / / / / | / / / / | / / / A / | / || ==================================== [Chorus Riff] D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|------------- B|--0-----------|------------- G|--1-----------|------------- D|--2--0--------|------------- A|--------4--2--|--0---------- E|--------------|-----4--2--0- ================= -| -| -| -| -| -|
[Option for the Chorus riff, with ch D E ...Number one----------------------! e|--0-----------|--------0--0- B|--0-----------|--------0--0- G|--1-----------|--------9\-1- D|--2--0--------|--------9\-2- A|--------4--2--|--0-----7\-2- E|--------------|-----4-----0- ord slide] -| -| -| -| -| -
[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
