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Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams
Summer Of 69
Tuning: Standard
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D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"I got my first real six string"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Bought it at the five-and-dime"
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B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Played it 'till my fingers bled"
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B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"It was the summer of sixty-nine"
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B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------|
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A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
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P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Me and some guys from school"
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B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
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D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"We had a band and we tried real hard"
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B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Jimmy quit, Jody got married"
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B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"I shoulda known, we'd never get far"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"But when I look back now"
e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"That summer seemed to last forever"
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B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"And if I had the choice"
e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"Yeah, I'd always want to be there"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------2~------------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~---------2~-------------------------------------------|
D|-----4---------------------2~--------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Those were the best days of my"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Life"
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Ain't no use in complainin'"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"When you got a job to do"
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B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"I spent my evenings down at the drive-in"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"And that's when I met you yeah!"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Standin' on your momma's porch"
e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"You told me that you'd wait forever"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oh, and when you held my hand"
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B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"I knew that it was now or never"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3--------------2~---------------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------2~---------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--------------------2~---------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"those were the best days of my"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Life"
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oh yeah" "Back in the summer of"
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B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sixty-nine"
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B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oooooooooh"
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B|---------------------------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
G|--2--------2--------2------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
D|--3--------3--------3------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
A|--3--------3--------3------1--------1-------1----------------------------|
E|--1--------1--------1----------------------------------------------------|
"Man, we were killin' time, we were"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
G|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
D|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------|
A|--3--------3--------3------1--------1-------1----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Young and restless, we needed to unwind"
e|-----------1-----------------1--1------------3---------------------------|
B|----------------1--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------3---------------5------------------------------|
D|--------3--------------3---------------5---------------------------------|
A|-----3--------------1---------------3------------------------------------|
E|--1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Hey!"
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"And now the times are changing"
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B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Look at everything that's come and gone"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sometimes when I play that old six-string"
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B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I think about you, wonder what went wrong"
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B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Standing on your momma's porch"
e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"You told me that it'd last forever"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oh and when you held my hand"
e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
"I knew that it was now or never"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3--------------2~---------------------------------------------|
G|--------4--------4~-------2~---------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--------------------2~---------------------------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Those were the best days of my"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Life"
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oh yeaaaaaaaaah" "Back in the summer of"
e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------|
B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------|
G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sixty-nine"
e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------|
B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------|
G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Uh-huh" "It was the summer of"
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------9b11~~~r9~~~~~~~--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sixty-nine" "Oh yeah! Me and my baby in"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12p10-----10--10---10--10-10-------------|
G|--11b12~~~r11------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sixty nine" "Whooooooooooooooooooa"
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B|--10/15~~~~17b18~~~r17~~~~---------------19b20---------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"It was the summer, the summer, the summer of"
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G|---19~~~~~~~------------------------17h19p1715--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Sixty-nine" "Hey"
*Fade out*
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Intro: D* A* D* A*
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
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*
Chords:
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
G - 320033 or 320003
D - xx0232
F - 133211
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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