Bowling for soups' cover version of summer of '69, much the same as the original, slight changes to lyrics Power chords, bar chords, open chords, whatever you like, just play it loud! INTRO: D VERSE 1:

^DI got my first real six string, ^Abrought it at the five and dime ^DPlayed it til my fingers bled, ^Awas the summer of '69

VERSE 2:

^DMe and some guys from school ^Ahad a band and we tried real hard ^DJimmy quit, Joey got married, ^Ashould've known we'd never get far

CHORUS 1:

^BmOh when I ^Alook back now, ^Dthe summer seemed to ^Glast for ever ^BmAnd if I ^Ahad the choice, ^Dyeah I'd always ^Gwanna be there Bm A (stop) D A D A Those were the best days of my life

VERSE 3:

^DThere ain't no use in complaining, ^Awhen you gotta job to do ^DSpent my evenings down at the drive in, ^Aand that's where I met you girl

CHORUS 2:

^BmStanding on your ^Amumma's porch, ^Dyou told me that you'd ^Gwait forever ^BmOh, and when you ^Aheld my hand, ^DI knew that it was ^Gnow or never Bm A (stop) D A D A Those were the best days of my life, oh yeah, back in the summer of '69, oh oh

BRIDGE:

^FYeah, we were ^Bbkillin' time, we were ^Cyoung and restless, we ^Bbneeded to unwind ^FI guess ^Bbnothing can last for^Cever, forever,^D yeah^A ^D ^A

VERSE4:

^DAnd now the times are changin', ^Alook at everything that's come and gone ^DAnd at times when I play that old six string, ^Athink about you, wonder what went wrong

CHORUS 3:

^BmStanding on your ^Amumma's porch, that's right, ^Dyou told me we'd ^Glast forever ^BmOh, and when you ^Aheld my hand, ^DI knew that it was ^Gnow or never Bm A (stop) D A D A Those were the best days of my life, oh yeah, back in the summer of '69, oh oh Me and my baby in a ^D69, oh ^Ayeah, it was the summer of ^D69, ^Aoh yeah^D ^A ^D ^A ^D

Bowling For Soup - Summer of 69