Summer Of 69

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I got my first real sixstring

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Bought it at the fiveanddime

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Played it 'til my fingers bled

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It was the summer of sixty nine

D
Me and some guys from school

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Had a band and we tried real hard.

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Jimmy quit, Jody got married

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I should've known we'd never get far

Bm           A
Oh, when I look back now

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That summer seemed to last forever

Bm         A
And if I had the choice

D                 G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

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Those were the best days of my life

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It ain't no use in complaining

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When you got a job to do

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Spent my evenings down at the drivein

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And that's when I met you, yeah

Bm                 A
Standin' on your mama's porch

D                       G
You told me that you'd wait forever

Bm             A
And when you held my hand

D                   G
I knew that it was now or never

Bm               A               D
Those were the best days of my life

         A
Oh, yeah.

                      D          A
Back in the summer of sixty nine.

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Man we were killing time

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We were young and restless

Bb
Needed to unwind

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I guess nothin' could last forever, forever, no!

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D
And now the times are changin'

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Look at everything that's come and gone

D
Sometimes when I play that old sixstring

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I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Bm                 A
Standin' on your mama's porch

D                      G
You told me that it'd last forever

Bm                 A
Oh, and when you held my hand

D                   G
I knew that it was now or never

Bm               A               D
Those were the best days of my life

         A
Oh, yeah.

                      D              A
Back in the summer of sixty nine, oh.

                     D                    A
It was the summer of sixty nine, oh, yeah.

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Sexty nine

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