Summer Of 69

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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   I got my first real six-string
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   Bought it at the five-and-dime
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   Played it 'til my fingers bled
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   It was the summer of '69

Verse 2:
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   Me and some guys from school
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   Had a band and we tried real hard
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   Jimmy quit, Jody got married
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   I shoulda known we'd never get far

Chorus 1:
Bm             A
    Oh, when I look back now
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    That summer seemed to last forever
Bm           A
    And if I had the choice
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    Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm                 A               D
    Those were the best days of my life

Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
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    Ain't no use in complainin'
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    When you got a job to do
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    Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
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    And that's when I met you, yeah

Chorus 2:
Bm                   A
    Standin' on your mama's porch
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    You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm                   A
    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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    Oh yeah, Back in the summer of '69  Ohhh

Bridge:
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   Man, we were killin' time
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We were young and restless
   Bb/D
We needed to unwind
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   I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

Instrumental:
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Verse 4:
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   And now the times are changin'
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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

Repeat Chorus 2

Outro:
(D)       A                         D      A
    Oh yeah, Back in the summer of '69  Uh-huh
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It was the summer of '69.  Oh yeah
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Me and my baby in '69.  Ohhhhh, oh
D           A                          D
 It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
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Yeah