[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I got my first real six-string
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Bought it at the five-and-dime
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Played it 'til my fingers bled
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Was the summer of '69
Verse 2
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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
Chorus
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Oh, when I look back now
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That summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice
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Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my life
Verse 3
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Ain't no use in complainin'
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When you got a job to do
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Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
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And that's when I met you, yeah
Chorus
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
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You told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh, and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
Bridge
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Oh yeah, back in the summer of '69, oh
Verse 4
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Man, we were killin' time
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We were young and restless, we needed to unwind
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I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no
Instrumental
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Bridge
Bm A
And now the times are changin'
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Look at everything that's come and gone
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string
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I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus
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
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Those were the best days of my life
Outro
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Oh yeah, back in the summer of '69, oh
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It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah
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Me and my baby in '69, oh
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It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah