[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] It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] and I've been [F] working like a [G] dog. It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] I should be [F] sleeping like a [G] log. But when I [C] get home to you I find the [D] things that you do Will make me [G] feel [C] alrig [G] ht.
[Verse] [G] You know I work [C] all [G] day [G] To get you [F] money to buy you [G] things [G] And it's worth it just to [C] hear you [G] say [G] You're gonna [F] give me every [G] thing So why on e [C] arth should I moan 'cause when I [D] get you alone [D] you know I'll [G] feel [C] O. [G] K.
(Middle 8) When I'm [Bm] home [Em] Everything seems to be al [Bm] right When I'm [G] home [Em] Feeling you holding me [C] tight, [D] tight yeah!!
[Verse] It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] and I've been [F] working like a [G] dog. It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] I should be [F] sleeping like a [G] log. But when I [C] get home to you I find the [D] things that you do Will make me [G] feel [C] alrig [G] ht. AHHHHH!!!!
[Solo] G C G F G G C G F G So why on [C] earth should I moan 'cause when I [D] get you alone you know I'll [G] feel [C] O. [G] K.
(Middle 8) When I'm [Bm] home [Em] Everything seems to be al [Bm] right When I'm [G] home [Em] Feeling you holding me [C] tight, [D] tight yeah!!
[Verse] It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] and I've been [F] working like a [G] dog. It's been a [G] hard [C] day's [G] night [G] I should be [F] sleeping like a [G] log. But when I [C] get home to you I find the [D] things that you do Will make me [G] feel [C] alrig [G] ht
[Coda] [C] You know I [G] feel [C] al [G] right [C] You know I [G] feel [C] al [Dsus4] right [Dm7] ------ [Dsus4] ------- [Dm7] ------- [Dsus4] ------- [Dm7] -------- (fade)
