01:13 Lesson Intro
01:35 Capo 5
02:26 Chords
06:52 Strumming tips!
07:48 Strumming: Intro/Verses 1 - 2
10:43 Strumming: Main strumming pattern
12:39 Strumming: Interlude
18:06 Lesson Outro
CAPO 5
[INTRO]
|A |A |
[VERSE 1]
A
I got my first real six-string
E
Bought it at the five-and-dime
A
Played it 'til my fingers bled
E
It was the summer of '69
[VERSE 2]
A
Me and some guys from school
E
Had a band and we tried real hard
A
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
E
I shoulda known we'd never get far
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Oh, when I look back now
A D
That summer seemed to last forever
F#m E
And if I had the choice
A D
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
F#m E A
Those were the best days of my life
[INTERLUDE]
|A |A |E |E |
[VERSE 3]
A
Ain't no use in complainin'
E
When you got a job to do
A
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
E
And that's when I met you, yeah
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Standin' on your mama's porch
A D
You told me that you'd wait forever
F#m E
Oh, and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
F#m E A
Those were the best days of my life
E A E
Oh yeah, back in the summer of '69, ohhh
[BRIDGE]
C F
Man, we were killin' time
G
We were young and restless
F
We needed to unwind
C F G
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[INSTRUMENTAL]
|A |A |E |E | x2
[VERSE 4]
A
And now the times are changin'
E
Look at everything that's come and gone
A
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
E
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[CHORUS]
F#m E
Standin' on your mama's porch
A D
You told me that it'd last forever
F#m E
Oh, and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
F#m E A
Those were the best days of my life
[OUTRO]
E A E
Oh yeah, back in the summer of '69
A E
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
A E
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
A E A
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
E A E A E
Yeah