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This is an excellent song, and it's really easy.
Sounds great on acoustic. Here we go...
INTRO:
e-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|---------------|
b-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-|
g---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
d---------------|---------------|
a---------------|---------------|
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The intro chord progression basically goes like this:
D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
A Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A
VERSE 1(use intro over verse)
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of '69
(Same for verse 2)
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
CHORUS
Bm A
Oh when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm A (Back to intro progression)
Those were the best days of my life
VERSE 3(use intro progression)
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you
CHORUS (use same chords)
Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Intro progression)
Back in the summer of '69
BRIDGE
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
VERSE 4 (Back to intro progression)
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
CHORUS (use same chords)
Standin' on your Mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
INTRO PROGRESSION
Back in the summer of '69
CONTINUE ON INTRO PROGRESSION
Happy playing!
Corrections welcome at fender137@yahoo.com
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