DI got my first real six-string
ABought it at the five-and-dime
DPlayed it til my fingers bled
AIt was the summer of '69
DMe and some guys from school
AHad a band and we tried real hard
DJimmy quit and Jody got married
AI shoulda known we'd never get far
HmiOh when I look back now
DThat summer seemed to last forever
HmiAnd if I had the choice
DYa - I'd always wanna be there
HmiThose were the best days of my life
DAin't no use in complainin'
AWhen you got a job to do
DSpent my evenin's down at the drive-in
AAnd that's when I met you-ya
HmiStandin' on yourA Mama's porch
DYou told me that you'd G wait forever
HmiOh and when you A held my hand
DI knew that it was G now or never
HmiThose were the A best days of my D life
FMan we wereAmikillin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no
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
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
Back in the summer of '69