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Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams (Chords & Lyrics)

    I got my first real six-string
    Bought it at a five-and-dime
    Played it til my fingers bled 
    It was the summer of 69
    
    Me and some guys from school
    had a band and we tried real hard
    Jimmy quit and Jody got married
    I shoulda known we'd never get far
    
    Chorus
         Oh when I look back now
         that summer seemed to last forever
         Oh and if I had a choice
         Yeah I'd always wanna be there
         Those were the best days of my life
    
    Ain't no use in complainin'
    when you got a job to do
    Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
    and that's where I met you
    
    Chorus
         Standin on your mama's porch
         you told me that you'd wait forever
         Oh and when you held my hand
         I knew that it was now or never
         Those were the best days of my life                    
                        back in the summer of '69
    
    Bridge
    Man we were killing time
    we were young and restless we needed to unwind
    I guess nothin' can last forever- forever;no
    
                                               
    And now the times are changing
    look at everything thats come and gone
    Sometimes when I play that old six-string
    I think about you wonder what went wrong
    
    Chorus
         Standin' on your mama's porch
         you told me it would last forever
         oh the way you held my hand
         I knew that it was now or never
         Those were the best days of my life
    
    Back in the summer of 69