Key: D (D harmonica in 1st position)
VERSE 1:
3 4 4 4 4 5 -4 (4)
I got my first real six-string
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Bought it at the five-and-dime
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Played it 'till my fingers bled
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Was the summer of sixty-nine
VERSE 2:
4 4 4 4 4 5
Me and some guys from school
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Had a band and we tried real hard
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Jimmy quit and Joey got married
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Shoulda known we'd never get far
CHORUS (version 1)
4 4 4 -3 4 4
Oh when I look back now
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That summer seemed to last forever
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And if I had the choice
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Yeah I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my life
VERSE 3:
4 4 4 4 5 -4 (4)
Ain't no use in complainin'
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When you got a job to do
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Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
6 6 6 6 6 6
And that's when I met you (yeah)
CHORUS (version 2):
4 4 4 4 -3 4 4
Standin' on your Mama's porch
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You told me that you'd wait forever
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Oh and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my life
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Ooh, yee-aah… back in the summer of sixty-nine (oooh)
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