[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
bpm 140 Capo on 2 Intro D D D D -- D G D G (beat comes in here) [Verse] [D] I like the w [G] ay your sparkling e [D] arrings l [G] ay A [D] gainst your s [G] kin so brow [A7] n [A7] A [D] nd i want to s [G] leep with you in t [D] he desert to-n [G] ight W [D] ith a million s [G] tars all ar [A7] ound
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und
Vamp D G D G (1 bar each)
[Verse] A [D] nd i found o [G] ut a long t [D] ime a [G] go W [D] hat a woman can d [G] o to your so [A7] ul [A7] A [D] h, but s [G] he can't take you a [D] ny w [G] AY Y [D] ou don't already k [G] now how to go [A7]
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und
Vamp D G D G (1 bar each)
Solo - Verse run through then G G G G D D D D G G G G A7 A7 A7 A7 D D G G G G A7 A7
[Verse] I [D] get the f [G] eeling i may k [D] now y [G] ou A [D] s a lover [G] and a fr [A7] iend [A7] B [D] ut this v [G] oice keeps whispering i [D] n my other e [G] ar Tells me i [D] may never s [G] ee you ag [A7] ain
[Chorus] Ca [A7] use i got a p [G] eaceful e [G] asy f [D] eel-ing [D] A [G] nd i know you w [G] on't let me do [Em] wn [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] Cause i [D] 'm alll [Em] l-ready s [G] tanding on [A7] the gro [D] und