[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] [G] Looking from a [D/F#] window a [Em] bove It's like a [D] story of [C] love Can you [G] hear [D] me [G] Came back only [D/F#] yester [Em] day I'm moving [D] farther [C] away Want you [G] near [D] me
[Chorus] [C] All I needed was the [D] love you gave [G] All I needed for a [C] nother day And [C] all I ever [D] knew Only y [G] ou [%]
[Verse 2] [G] Sometimes when I [D/F#] think of her [Em] name When it's [D] only a [C] game And I [G] need [D] you [G] Listening to the [D/F#] words that you [Em] say It's getting [D] harder to [C] stay When I [G] see [D] you
[Chorus] [C] All I needed was the [D] love you gave [G] All I needed for a [C] nother day And [C] all I ever [D] knew Only y [G] ou [%]
[Solo] G D/F# Em D C G D G D/F# Em D C G D
[Chorus] [C] All I needed was the [D] love you gave [G] All I needed for a [C] nother day And [C] all I ever [D] knew Only y [G] ou
[Verse 3] [G] This is gonna [D/F#] take a long [Em] time And I [D] wonder what's [C] mine Can't [G] take no [D] more [G] Wonder if you'll [D/F#] under [Em] stand It's just the [D] touch of your [C] hand Behind a [G] closed [D] door
[Chorus] [C] All I needed was the [D] love you gave [G] All I needed for a [C] nother day And [C] all I ever [D] knew Only yo [G] u [%]
