^D ^D ^D ^D ^D F#-^E-^D
I got my first real six-string
^E ^E ^E ^E ^F#-^E-^E
Bought it at the five-and-dime
^D ^D ^D ^D ^F#-^E-^D ^D
Played it ’til my fingers bled
^C# ^E ^E – ^E ^E ^F#-^E-^E
Was the summer of sixty-nine
^D ^D ^D ^D ^D ^F#
Me and some guys from school
^E ^E ^E ^E ^E ^F# ^E ^E
Had a band and we tried real hard
^D-^D ^D ^D-^D ^D ^F#-^E-^D
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
^D ^E-^E ^E ^E ^F#-^F# ^E ^E
I should’ve known we’d never get far
^D ^D ^D ^C# ^D ^D
Oh, when I look back now
^F# ^F#-^F# ^F# ^F# ^A ^G-^D-^E
That summer seemed to last forever
^D ^D ^D ^C# ^D ^E
And if I had the choice
^F# ^ F# ^F#-^F# ^A-^G ^D ^E
Yeah, I’d always wanna be there
^D ^D ^D ^C# ^D ^E ^C# ^D
Those were the best days of my life!
This song is iconic all the time – and it makes me remember all the good socialising times while in lockdown. I’m 56, and this song is a all-time facouite for me. The piano notes are encouraging.