summer of 69

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1.      I got my first real six-string,      bought it at a five-and-dime,
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     played it till my fingers bled,     it was the summer of 69.
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    Me and some guys from school    had a band, and we tried real hard,
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    Jimmy quit and Jody got married,  I shoulda known we'd never get far.

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     Oh, when I look back now,     that summer seemed to last forever,
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     oh, and if I had a choice,     yeah, I'd always wanna be there.
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     Those were the best days of my life.

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2.    Ain't no use in complainin'      when you got a job to do,
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    spent my evenings down at the drive-in     and that's where I met you.

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    Standin on your mama's porch     you told me that you'd wait forever,
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    oh, and when you held my hand,     I knew that it was now or never.
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    Those were the best days of my life, oh, yeah
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    back in the summer of '69, oh.

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    Man, we were killing time
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    we were young and restless we needed to unwind.
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    I guess,  nothin' can last forever, forever, no.      No!


SUMMER OF '69, 2

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3.     And now the times are changing,
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    look at everything that's come and gone.
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    Sometimes when I play that old six-string,
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    I think about you, wonder what went wrong  

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    Standin on your mama's porch     you told me that it'd last forever,
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    oh, and when you held my hand,     I knew that it was now or never.
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    Those were the best days of my life, oh, yeah
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    back in the summer of '69, oh.
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    Back in the summer of 69, oh yeah ! .....

( h = Bm ; Ais = Bb)