Summer of 69 (Chords)

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The song lyrics provide chords and tabs for playing the Bryan Adams song 'Summer of 69' on guitar.

The song nostalgically recalls the singer's teenage years and first band in the summer of 1969.

The song mentions the singer getting his first six-string guitar and references guitar and band instruments like guitar, drums, and vocals.

Summer Of 69 chords by Bryan Adams

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Di culty: novice
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D

CHORDS

D A Bm G F Bb C
2fr

132 123 342 21 3 342 234 32 1

STRUMMING
CHORUS 138 bpm

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

INTRO / VERSE 138 bpm

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &

[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of '69

[Verse 2]
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A
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
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Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life

[Instrumental]
(D) A

[Verse 3]
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
When you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A
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 D
Those were the best days of my life
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh

[Bridge]
F Bb
Man, we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

[Instrumental]
D A x2

[Verse 4]
D
And now the times are changin'
A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
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[Chorus 3]
Bm A
Standin' 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 D
Those were the best days of my life

[Outro]
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh

D - A
(All the way to the end)

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