D
I got my first real six string
A
Bought it at the five and dime
D
Played it till my fingers bled
A
Was the summer of '69
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A
shoulda known we'd never get far
Hmi A
But when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Hmi A
And if I had the choice
D G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Hmi A D
Those were the best days of my life
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
A
And that's when I met you - ya
Hmi A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Hmi A
Oh and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Hmi A D
Those were the best days of my life
F B
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
B
We needed to unwind
F B C
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six string
A
I think about ya'n wonder what went wrong
Hmi A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me it would last forever
Hmi A
Oh the way you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Hmi A D
Those were the best days of my life