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Key: 'D'
πΈ Intro:
D5
πΈ Verse:
D5
I got my first real six string
A5
Bought it at the five & dime
D5
Played it til my fingers bled
A5
Was the summer of sixty nine
D5
Me and some guys from school
A5
Had a band and we tried real hard
D5
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A5
Should've known we'd never get far
πΈ 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
Yeah
I'd always wanna be there
Bm A D A
Those were the best days of my life
πΈ Interlude:
D
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B|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------------|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
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A
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B|-0-----2-----3-----2-----0---2------------|
G|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2--------------|
D|-----2-----2-----2-----2------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
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πΈ Verse:
D5
Ain't no use complaining
A5
When you've gotta job to do
D5
Spent my evenings down at the drive in
A5
And that's when I met you, yeah
πΈ Chorus:
Bm A
Standing on your mamma'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 A
Those were the best days of my life
D A
Back in the summer of 'sixty nine
πΈ Bridge:
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and reckless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothing can last forever
( D A D A )
πΈ Verse:
D5
And now the times are changin'
A5
Look at everything that's come and gone
D5
Sometimes when I play that old six string
A5
I think about you wonder what went wrong
πΈ Chorus:
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me it'd last forever
Bm A
And when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D A
Those were the best days of my life
D A
Back in the summer of 'sixty nine
Final: D A D A
D A D A
πΈ Solo:
Part 1 of 2
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Part 2 of 2
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E|-14b15-b15r14~-14b15r14p12-14p12~---------|
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Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Summer Of 69 (Tabs)
- Summer Of 69 (Chords)
- Summer Of 69 (Ver2) (Chords)
- Summer Of 69 (Ver2) (Tabs)
- Summer Of 69 (Bass)
Song History
Published: October 5, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025