C - progression: Csus - C - Csus4 - C - Csus - C (arpeggiated)
G - progression: Gsus - G - Gsus4 - G - Gsus - G (arpeggiated)
Intro
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Verse
[C]I got my first real six string -[G]- brought it at the five & dime
[C]Played it til my fingers bled -[G]- was the summer of '69
[C]Me and some guys from school [G]had a band and we tried real hard
[C]Jimmy quit and Jody got married -[G]- shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus
[Am]Oh when I lo[G]ok back now - t[C]hat summer seemed to la[F]st for ever
[Am]And if I ha[G]d the choice - y[C]a I'd always wa[F]nna be there
[Am]Those were the be[G]best days of my li[C]life [G]
Verse
[C]Ain't no use complaining -[G]- when ya gotta job to do
[C]Spent my evenings down at the drive in -[G]- and that's when I met you - ya
Chorus
[Am]Standing on your Ma[G]mma's porch - y[C]ou told me that you'd wa[F]it forever
[Am]And when I he[G]ld your hand - I[C] knew that it was no[F]w or never
[Am]Those were the be[G]st days of my li[C]fe -[G] back in the summer of '[C]69 [G]
Interlude
[D#]Man we were ki[Ab]killin' time
[A#]We were young and reckle[Ab]reckless - we needed to unwind
[D#]I guess no[Ab]nothing can last forev[A#]forever...
Instrumental
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Verse
[C]And now the times are changin'
[G]Look at everything that's come and gone
[C]Sometimes when I play my old six string
[G]I think about you wonder what went wrong
Chorus
[Am]Standing on your Ma[G]mma's porch - y[C]ou told me it'd la[F]st forever
[Am]And when I he[G]ld your hand - I[C] knew that it was no[F]w or never
[Am]Those were the be[G]best days of my life - [C] [G] back in the summer of '[C]'69 [G]
Outro
[C] [G]