05/18/2026
I just wrote my very first original song. It is published on Ultimate Guitar, and - now - here.
All rights reserved, copyright (c) 2026, James Guthrie Gilbert, aka Jimmy Guthrie.
It is a biographical set of lyrics with music being a mashup of "1969" by The Stooges, "Mambo #5" by Lou Bega, and "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock.
As Bob Segar told the Eagles, "When you first start writing songs, they aren't going to be very good. But you gotta start somewhere."
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N.C.
Ladies and gentlemen, its summer time, 1969.
[Pre-Chorus]
Am Am Am Am
[Verse 1]
Em Em Em Em
Iggy said, "It's 1969, ok,
D D D D
All across, the USA."
Em Em Em Em
And I went up north, away from the city,
D D D D
To discover my lost virginity.
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 2]
Em Em Em Em
Well, Miss Sandy wouldn't see me,
D D D D
So upset I went, and picked up Dee Dee.
Em Em Em Em
The time of her month, was just so very right,
D D D D
Shucks, I just couldn't get to the end that very first night.
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 3]
Em Em Em Em
So the very next afternoon,
D D D D
Back to the field and got to the moon.
Em Em Em Em
Then at the drive-in with Nancy,
D D D D
She let me feel her f***y.
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 4]
Em Em Em Em
Well this is my very first original song,
D D D D
And it goes on very, very long.
Em Em Em Em
Kinda like Dee Dee and I found out,
D D D D
In our midnight roll about.
[Bridge]
Em Em Em Em
Wooo, it was 1969, ok,
D D D D
All across the USA.
D C G
And my summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 5]
Em Em Em Em
But easy Nancy turned out to be,
D D D D
Too freaking speedy for me.
Em Em Em Em
So next off, I decided to see,
D D D D
That 16-year little girl, name of Winnie.
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 6]
Em Em Em Em
And when she said, "I just never can say 'no,'
D D D D
Well, you know, I just had to give her a go.
Em Em Em Em
When her older sister Marva asked me if I wanted to ball,
D D D D
Well, I just had to take that fall!
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 7]
Em Em Em Em
In my hippie clothes, at a fire, out in the grass,
D D D D
H***y Mary Ann fancied my ass.
Em Em Em Em
But after our bare naked roll in the hay,
D D D D
She just sent me on my way!
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 8]
Em Em Em Em
Drove her down to that Goose Lake gig,
D D D D
Where the crowds were so very big.
Em Em Em Em
Why, I Even swam naked in that muddy lake,
D D D D
That h***y girl chased other guys, for heaven's sake!
[Chorus]
Em Em Em Em
One, two, three, four, five.
D D D D
Went to up North wanting to feel someone alive.
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
[Verse 9]
Em Em Em Em
Well, I took her back, to the northern sun,
D D D D
And looked elsewhere, for my fun,
Em Em Em Em
And soon sweet Marcia loved my low down graces,
D D D D
We all had to go back, to our downstate places!
[Outro]
Em Em Em Em
Well it was 1969, ok,
D D D D
All across the USA,"
D D C G
It was summer time again,
D C G
In Northern Michigan.
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