summer of sixty nine ryan adams
D A
D A
i got my first real six – string , bought it at the five – and – dime
D A
played ’til my fingers bled , it was summer of ’69
D A
me and some guys from school , had a band and we tried real hard
D A
jimmy quit and jody got married , i shoulda known we’d never get far
Bm A D G
oh when i look back now , that summer seemed to last forever
Bm A D G
and if i had the choice , yeah i’d always wanna be there
Bm A D/A D
those were the best days of my life
A/D – D D/A – A
ain’t no use in complainin’ , when you got a job to do
A/D – D D/A A
spent my evenin’s down at the drive – in , and that’s when i met you
Bm A D G
standin on a mama’s porch , you told me that you’d wait forever
Bm A D G
oh and when you held my hand , i knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
those were the best days of my life
D A D/A D
( oh yeah ) back in the summer of 69
F A# C
man we were killin’ time , we were young and restless
A#/D C/E F
we needed to unwind
A# C
i guess nothin’ can last forever , forever no
D G/D – D | A D/A – A ( 2x )
A/D – D D/A A
and now the times are changin’ , look at everything that’s come and gone
A/D – D D/A A
somethimes when i play that old 6 – string , i think about you , wonder what went wrong
Bm A D G
standin on your mama’s porch , you told me that itd last forever
Bm A D G
oh and when you held my hand , i knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
those were the best days of my life
D A D A
( oh yeah ) it was the summer of 69
( repeat all the way to the end )
summer of sixty nine ryan adams
D A
D A
i got my first real six – string , bought it at the five – and – dime
D A
played ’til my fingers bled , it was summer of ’69
D A
me and some guys from school , had a band and we tried real hard
D A
jimmy quit and jody got married , i shoulda known we’d never get far
Bm A D G
oh when i look back now , that summer seemed to last forever
Bm A D G
and if i had the choice , yeah i’d always wanna be there
Bm A D/A D
those were the best days of my life
A/D – D D/A – A
ain’t no use in complainin’ , when you got a job to do
A/D – D D/A A
spent my evenin’s down at the drive – in , and that’s when i met you
Bm A D G
standin on a mama’s porch , you told me that you’d wait forever
Bm A D G
oh and when you held my hand , i knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
those were the best days of my life
D A D/A D
( oh yeah ) back in the summer of 69
F A# C
man we were killin’ time , we were young and restless
A#/D C/E F
we needed to unwind
A# C
i guess nothin’ can last forever , forever no
D G/D – D | A D/A – A ( 2x )
A/D – D D/A A
and now the times are changin’ , look at everything that’s come and gone
A/D – D D/A A
somethimes when i play that old 6 – string , i think about you , wonder what went wrong
Bm A D G
standin on your mama’s porch , you told me that itd last forever
Bm A D G
oh and when you held my hand , i knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
those were the best days of my life
D A D A
( oh yeah ) it was the summer of 69
( repeat all the way to the end )
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