Bryan Guy Adams. least sinister member of the Adams Family born in November 1959....
.major over-achiever &  so  he was only  10 in 1969... He didn't even turn 11 till  November...

LYRICS:   [D ... A]  --intro: 2 guitar riffs
 I got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime
  Played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69   ... [full band]
 Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard
  Jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far
  Oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever
  And if i had the choice - ya i'd always wanna be there
  Those were the best days of my life
  Ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do
  Apent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya
  Standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
  And when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never
  Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69
  [F] man we were [Bb] killin' time  we were [C] young and reckless - we [Bb] needed to unwind [F]
  i guess nothing can [Bb] last [C] forever... [D]
  And now the times are changin' look at everything that's come and gone
  sometimes when i play my old six string  i think about you wonder what went wrong
  Standing on...  ...|:back in the summer of '69... oh yeah:|  4x/signal   end on D
    

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D*                               A*
  I got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime
D*                              A*
  played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69
D*                            A*
  me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard
D*                                A*
  jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far

Bm          A              D                      G
  oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever
Bm         A               D              G
  and if i had the choice - ya i'd always wanna be there
Bm               A               D*   A*
  those were the best days of my life
D*                         A*
  ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do
D*                                       A*
  spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya

[Chorus]
Bm                 A              D                       G
  standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm           A               D                   G
  and when i held your 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

[Interlude]

F             Bb
  man we were killin' time
          C                       Bb
  we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind
F         Bb                  C
  i guess nothing can last forever...

[Instrumental]

D* A* D* A*

  and now the times are changin' look at everything that's come and gone

  sometimes when i play my old six string  i think about you wonder what went wrong

[Chorus]
[Outro]

D* A*