Тональность

 
Verse 1:
 D                               
     I got my first real six-string 
 A
     Bought it at the five-and-dime 
 D
     Played 'til my fingers bled 
 A
     It was summer of '69 
 
Chorus 1: 
 D
    Me and some guys from school 
 A
    Had a Band and we tried real hard 
 D
    Jimmy quit and Jody got married 
 A
    I shualda known we'd never get far 
 
 Bm               A
       Oh when I look back now 
 D                       G
       That was seemes to last forever 
 Bm             A
       And if I had the choice 
 D                      G
       Ya - I'd always wanna be there 
 Bm                     A
        Those were the best days of my life 

 D – A 

Verse 2: 
 D
       Ain't no use in complainin' 
 A
       When you got a job to do 
 D
        Spent my evenin's down at the drive in 
 A
       And that's when I met you 
 
Chorus 2: 
 Bm                A
       Standin on a mama's porch 
 D                                  G
       You told me that you'd wait forever 
 Bm                         A
       Oh and when you held my hand 
 
 D                         G
       I knew that it was now or never 
 Bm                     A
       Those were the best days of my life 
 D                            A                     D – A     
     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69’ 
 
Bridge: 
 F                    A#
        Man we were killin' time 
                 C
We were young and restless 
         A#
We needed to unwind 
 F               A#                     C                      
         I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no 
 
D – A    D – A    

Verse 3:  
 D
      And now the times are changin' 
 A
      Look at everything that's come and gone 
 D
      Somethimes when I play that old six-string 
 A
      I think about ya wonder what went wrong 
 
Chorus 3: 
 Bm                A
       Standin on a mama's porch 
 D                                  G
       You told me that you'd wait forever 
 Bm                         A
       Oh and when you held my hand 
 D                         G
       I knew that it was now or never 
 Bm                     A
       Those were the best days of my life 
 
Outro: 
 D                            A                     D – A     
     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69’ 
 
 D – A            (All the way to the end)