[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 129 - verse play chords just on first part of each bar - big vox for love never ends [INTRO] 0232 0033 0220 0033 (think at points it may be a D at the end) D G/D A/D G/D D G/D A/D G/D (arp across strings e to g only) Drums in D G/D A/D D, D G/D A/D D
[VERSE 1] I [D] only knew you f [A] or a while I nev [Bm7] er saw your sm [G] ile 'Til it was t [D] ime to go, time [Cadd9] to go awa [Em7] y (time t [A7sus4] o go [A7] away) Somet [D] imes its hard to r [A] ecognise love com [Bm7] es as a surpri [G] se And its too la [D] te, its just t [Cadd9] oo late to sta [Em7] y, too late t [A7sus4] o sta [A7]
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[LINK] D G/D A/D D x 2
[VERSE 2] B [D] ecause the friendship th [A] at you gave has taug [Bm7] ht me to be bra [G] ve No matter where I g [D] o Ill never find a [Cadd9] better pri [Em7] ze (find a [A7sus4] bet [A7] ter prize) T [D] hough you're miles and mi [A] les away I see [Bm7] you every da [G] I dont have to tr [D] y, I just c [Cadd9] lose my eye [Em7] s, I close [A7sus4] my ey [A7] es
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in electric d [A] reams
[INSTRUMENTAL] - progression x 2 Bm Bm Bm (E (A7sus4 A7)) - final time hold A for longer
[CHORUS 1] D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7 [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams [Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s) We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[CHORDS] (Capo on 1 for original)
D X-X-0-2-3-2 G/D X-X-0-7-8-7 A/D X-X-0-9-10-9 A X-0-2-2-2-0 Bm7 X-2-0-2-3-0 G 3-2-0-0-3-3 Cadd9 X-3-2-0-3-0 Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0 A7sus4 X-0-2-0-3-0 A7 X-0-2-0-2-0 D/F# 2-X-0-2-3-3