I got my first real six string; bought it at the five and dime;

played it ’til my fin gers bled;

was the sum mer of six ty nine.

Me and some guys from school in’ had a ev band ’ry and we tried real hard.

Jim my eve quit nin’s and Jo dy got mar ried; I should a bout known and that’s when we’d nev er get far.

Stand Oh, when I (A)look back now,

that sum mer seemed to (G)last for ev er, and if when I (A)had the choice,

I yeah, I’d al ways (G)wan na be there.

Those were the (A)best days of my (D)life.

Ain’t no use in com plain in’; when you ev got ’ry a that’s job to do.

Spend my when quit I down play at the drive in, I think a bout known you, won der we’d I er met you.

Stand in’ on your (A)ma ma’s porch,

you told me that you’d (G)wait for ev er.

Oh, and when you (A)held my hand,

I knew that it was (G)now or nev er.

Those were the (A)best days of my (D)life.

Back in the sum mer of (D)six ty nine.

Man, we were (Bb)kill in’ time, we were (C)young and rest less, we (Bb)need ed to un wind.

I guess (Bb)noth in’ can last for ev er, for ev er, no!

Back in the sum mer of (D)six ty nine.

It was the sum mer of (D)six ty nine.

It was the sum mer of (D)six ty nine.