Summer of 69 [band] [karaoke] [picks] is from the 1984 album Reckless.
[Verse 1] (D) I got my first real six-string (A) Bought it at the Five and Dime (D) Played it 'til my fingers bled (A) Was the summer of '69 [Verse 2] (D) Me and some guys from school (A) Had a band and we tried real hard (D) Jimmy quit, Jody got married (A) Should've known we'd never get far [Chorus] (Bm) Oh, when I (A) look back now (D) That summer seemed to (G) last forever (Bm) And if I (A) had the choice (D) Yeah, I'd always (G) wanna be there (Bm) Those were the (A) best days of my (D) life [Interlude] D2 D D4 D D2 D - A2 A A4 A A2 A [Verse 3] (D) Ain't no use in complainin' (A) When you got a job to do (D) Spent my evenings down at the drive-in (A) And that's when I met you, yeah [Chorus] (Bm) Standin' on your (A) mama's porch (D) You told me that you'd (G) wait forever (Bm) Oh, and when you (A) held my hand (D) I knew that it was (G) now or never (Bm) Those were the (A) best days of my (D) life [Interlude] (2x) Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, ohh [Bridge] (F) Man, we were (A#) killin' time We were (C) young and restless We (A#) needed to unwind (F) I guess (A#) nothing can last for(C)ever Forever, no! [Interlude] (2x) Yeah! [Verse 4] (D) And now the times are changin' (A) Look at everything that's come and gone (D) Sometimes, when I play that old six-string (A) Think about you, wonder what went wrong [Chorus] (Bm) Standin' on your (A) mama's porch (D) You told me that it'd (G) last forever (Bm) Oh, and when you (A) held my hand (D) I knew that it was (G) now or never (Bm) Those were the (A) best days of my (D) life [Interlude] (6x) Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in a '69, ohh, ho! It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 Yeah Picks for [Chorus] (2x) e----- ------ ---2 ---3 b----3 ---3-2 --3- ---3 g---4- --2--- -2-- ---- D--4-- -2---- 0--- --0- A-2--- 0----- ---- -2-- E----- ------ ---- 3--- Picks for [Interlude] (2x) e 0--2--3--2--0-2 --------------- b -3--3--3--3---- 0--2--3--2--0-2 g --2--2--2--2--- -2--2--2--2---- D --------------- --2--2--3--2--- Picks for [Interlude] after [Bridge] ... also into [Verse 4] e -------14----15----14------14 b 17-15----15----15----15--17-- g -----14----14----14----14---- e ----------------------------- b 12----14----15----14----12-14 g --14----14----14----14------- D ----14----14----14----14----- Picks for last 4x [Interlude] b -------------------------------------------- g 7-9b11-9 11b12-11 14-14-14 e -------------------------------------------- b 12-14-15-15-17b19-17 19b20-19 19-19b20g19-17