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   I got my first real six string - bought it at the five & dime
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   Played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69
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   Me and some guys from school - had a band and we tried real hard
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   Jimmy quit and Jody got married - should've known we'd never get far

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   Oh when I look back now - that summer seemed to last forever
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   And if I had the choice - yeah I'd always wanna be there
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   Those were the best days of my life

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   Ain't no use complaining - when you've gotta job to do
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   Spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when I met you - yeah
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   Standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
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   And when you held my hand - I knew that it was now or never
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   Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69

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   Man we were killin' time
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   We were young and reckless - we needed to unwind
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   I guess nothing can last forever

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   And now the times are changin'
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   Look at everything that's come and gone
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   Sometimes when I play that old six string
 A
   I think about you wonder what went wrong

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   Standin' on your mama's porch - you told me it'd last forever
 Bm           A               D                   G
   And when you held my hand - I knew that it was now or never
 Bm               A                    D  A                        D   A 
   Those were the best days of my life -  back in the summer of '69

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