[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] [Em] Tell me [D] somethin' [G] girl [C] Are you happy in this [G] modern [D] world? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Is there somethin' else you're [G] searchin' [D] for?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] lin' [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longin' [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
|Em D G| | |Em D G| |
[Verse 2] [Em] Tell me some [D] thing boy [G] [C] Aren't you tired tryin' to [G] fill that [D] void? [Em] Or do [D] you need [G] more [C] Ain't it hard keepin' it [G] so hard [D] core?
[Refrain] [Em] I'm [D] fal [G] ling [C] In all the good times I [G] find my [D] self longing [Em][D] for [G] change [C] And in the bad times I [G] fear my [D] self
[Chorus] [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in [G] I'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now
[Bridge] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the sh [D] allow n [Em] ow
(GAGA BUILD UP - 1 bar each chord) [Em][Bm] oooohhhhh [D] oahhhh [A] hhh, [Em] oahhhh [Bm] hhhhhhh [D] hhhhhhh [A] hhhhhhhhhh
[Chorus] (strum once and hold) [Am] I'm off the deep end [D] Watch as I dive in I [G] 'll never [D] meet the [Em] ground [Am] Crash through the surface [D] Where they can't hurt us We're [G] far from the [D] shallow [Em] now
[Outro] [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low [G] In the [D] sha-sha-l [Em] a-la-la-low [Am] In the sha-ha- [D] sha-ha-low We're [G] far from the [D] shallow n [Em] now [Em]
