[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
[Chorus - No drums during Red red bit - BPM 89] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Goes to my [C] head [F][G][F] Makes me for [C] get that I [F][G][F] still need her [G] so [G][F][G] (drums stop) Red red
(drums back in) [C] wine [F][G][F] It's up to [C] you [F][G][F] All I can [C] do I've done, [F][G] But [F] memories won't [G] go [G][F] Memor [G] ies won't [C] go [F][G][F]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Bridge] I had [G] sworn that with [C] time, [F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was [G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one [F] thing makes me for [G] get.
[Chorus] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart
[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013] [C][F][Gsus4][G] - [C][F][Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - Can fade out to end] [G] Red red [C] wine [F][G][F] Stay close to [C] me [F][G][F] Don't let me be [C] alone [F][G] Its [F] tearing a [G] part, [G][F] my [G] blue heart
