[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
[Verse 1 - Melody starts on note D] Now I've [G] heard there was a se [Em] cret chord That [G] David played, and it pl [Em] eased the Lord But [C] you don't really [D] care for music, do [G] you? [D] It [G] goes like this the [C] fourth, the [D] fifth The [Em] minor fall, the [C] major lift The [D] baffled king com [B7] posing Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 2] Your [G] faith was strong, but you [Em] needed proof You [G] saw her bathing [Em] on the roof Her [C] beauty and the [D] moonlight over [G] threw ya [D] She [G] tied you to a [C] kitchen [D] chair She [Em] broke your throne, and she [C] cut your hair And [D] from your lips she [B7] drew the Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 3] You [G] say I took the [Em] name in vain [G] I don't even [Em] know the name But [C] if I did, well [D] really, what's it [G] to ya? [D] There's a [G] blaze of light in [C] every [D] word It [Em] doesn't matter [C] which you heard The [D] holy or the [B7] broken Halle [Em] lujah Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu- [D] u- [G] jah [D]
[Verse 4] I [G] did my best, it [Em] wasn't much I [G] couldn't feel, so I [Em] tried to touch I've [C] told the truth, I [D] didn't come to fool y [G] a [D] And [G] even though it [C] all went [D] wrong I'll [Em] stand before the [C] Lord of Song With [D] nothing on my [B7] tongue but Halle [Em] lujah
[Outro] Halle [C] lujah, Halle [Em] lujah, Halle [C] lujah, Halle [G] lu [D] jah x 4 - end on [G] [End]
