| Summer Of '69 by Bryan Adams | ||||||||||
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| [Intro] B [Verse 1] B I got my first real six-string F# Bought it at the five-and-dime B Played it 'til my fingers bled F# It was the summer of '69 [Verse 2] B Me and some guys from school F# Had a band and we tried real hard B Jimmy quit, Jody got married F# I shoulda known we'd never get far [Chorus 1] G#m F# Oh, when I look back now B E That summer seemed to last forever G#m F# And if I had the choice B E Yeah, I'd always wanna be there G#m F# B Those were the best days of my life [Instrumental] (B) F# [Verse 3] B Ain't no use in complainin' F# When you got a job to do B Spent my evenin's down at the drive in F# And that's when I met you, yeah [Chorus 2] G#m F# Standin' on your mama's porch B E You told me that you'd wait forever G#m F# Oh, and when you held my hand B E I knew that it was now or never G#m F# B Those were the best days of my life (B) F# B F# Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh [Bridge] D G Man, we were killin' time A We were young and restless G/B We needed to unwind D G A I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no [Instrumental] B F# x2 [Verse 4] B And now the times are changin' F# Look at everything that's come and gone B Sometimes when I play that old six-string F# I think about you, wonder what went wrong [Chorus 3] G#m F# Standin' on your mama's porch B E You told me that it'd last forever G#m F# Oh, and when you held my hand B E I knew that it was now or never G#m F# B Those were the best days of my life [Outro] (B) F# B F# Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh B F# It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah B F# Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh B F# B It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 F# B F# B F# Yeah (Fade out) D* is the progression- Dsus - D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus - D (arpeggiated) A* is the progression- Asus - A - Asus4 - A - Asus - A (arpeggiated) Intro- D* A* D* A* D* A* i got my first real six string - brought it at the five and 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 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 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... D* A* D* A* D* and now the times are changin' A* look at everything that's come and gone D* sometimes when i play my old six string A* i think about you wonder what went wrong Bm A D G standing on your manna's porch - you told me it'd last 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 continue on D* A* |