Words & Music:
Bryan Adams
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I got my
first real six-string; bought it at the five and dime.
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Played it
'til my fingers bled; it was the summer of 'sixty-nine.
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.
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D
G
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.
Ain't no use
complaining when you got a good job to do.
Spent my
evenings down at the drive-in and that's when I met you.
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.
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Back in the
summer of 'sixty-nine
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Man, we were
killin' time.
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Bb
We were
young and restless, we needed to unwind.
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I guess
nothing can last forever, forever
Now, the
times are changin'; look at everything that's come & gone.
Sometimes,
when I play that old six-string,
I think about
you; wonder what went wrong.
Standing on
your mama's porch, you told me it'd last forever.
Oh, and when
you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never.
Those were
the best days of my life.
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Back in the
summer of 'sixty-nine.