C 

C
I got my first real six-string.

G
Bought it at a five and dime.

C
Played it till 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, Joey Got married,

G
Should've known We'd never get far.


             CHORUS
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Am         G
Oh, when i look back now

C                 F
The summer seemed to last forever.

Am        G
And If I had the choice

C                 F
yeah if there was one I'd be there

Am               G (Hold out Single Stroke)
Those were the best days of my life.
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C

G


C
Aint no use in complainin'

G
When you got a job to do.

C
Spend my evenings down at the drive in

G
And that's when I met you.


             CHORUS
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Am               G
Standing on your daddy's Porch

C                     F
You told me that you'd wait forever

Am            G
Oh, then you held my hand

C                  F          
I knew that it was now or never.

Am              G (Hold Out Single Stroke)
Those were the best days of my life.
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C

G

C

G

                    BRIDGE
E|E|-------------------------------------------------|-|
Eb           Bb
we were killing time

Ab
We were young and restless

Bb
We needed to unwind

Eb        Bb                      Bb               C    G
I guess nothin' could last forever, forever NO!
E|-------------------------------------------------|

C

G


C            
And now the times are changin'

G
Look at everything that's come and gone.

C
Sometimes when I play that old six string

G
I think about you and wonder what went wrong.


                   CHORUS
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Am               G
Standing on your daddy's Porch

C                     F
You told me that you'd wait forever

Am            G
Oh, then you held my hand

C                  F          
I knew that it was now or never.

Am              G 
Those were the best days of my life.
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