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Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Strum Pattern: D D U U D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro: / D - - - / - - - - /
D (2)
I got my first real six-string
A (2)
Bought it at the five and dime
D (2)
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A (2)
Was the summer of '69
D (2)
Me and some guys from school
A (2)
Had a band and we tried real hard
D (2)
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A (2)
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus 1:
Bm A
Oh, when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
/ D - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - /
D (2)
Ain't no use in complaining
A (2)
When you got a job to do
D (2)
Spent my evenings down at the drive in
A (2)
And that's when I met you
Chorus 2:
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
D (2) A (2) D (2) A (2)
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
Bridge:
F Bb
Man, we were killing time
C Bb
We were young and restless We needed to unwind
F Bb C (2)
I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no
/ D - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - / x2
D (2)
And now the times are changing
A (2)
Look at everything that's come and gone
D (2)
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A (2)
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus 3:
Bm A
Standing on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that it'd last forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
D (2) A (2) D (2) A (2)
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
/ D - - - / - - - - / A - - - / - - - - / x4
End on D
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
