Summer of '69

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Intro:
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Shoulda known, we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always want to be there
Those were the best days of my life
Bridge:
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down
at the drive-in
And that's when I met you yeah!
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
Oh yeah
back in the summer of '69 ohhh
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever,
Forever, no
Bridge: x2
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's
come and gone
Sometimes when I play
that old six-string
Think about you wonder
what went wrong
Bridge:
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it last forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Oh yeah back in the summer of '69
Un-huh it was the summer of '69
oh yeah
Me and my baby in '69, ohhhhhh
It was the summer, the summer,
The summer of '69
Bridge:
Ending:

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Intro:
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
Shoulda known, we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always want to be there
Those were the best days of my life
Bridge:
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenings down
at the drive-in
And that's when I met you  yeah!
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
Oh yeah
back in the summer of '69  ohhh
Man we were killin' time
We were young  and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever,
Forever, no
Bridge: x2
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's
come and gone
Sometimes when I play
that old six-string
Think about you wonder
what went wrong
Bridge:
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me  that it last forever
Oh  and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
Oh yeah  back in the summer of '69

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