Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
1.
D
D I got my first real six-string
A
A Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
D Played it 'til my fingers bled
A
A It was the summer of '69
2.
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Ref1
BmA
Bm Oh, when I look back now
DG
D That summer seemed to last forever
BmA
Bm And if I had the choice
DG
D Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
BmAD
Bm Those were the best days of my life
D - A
3.
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when I met you, yeah
Ref2
BmA
Bm Standin' on your mama's porch
DG
D You told me that you'd wait forever
BmA
Bm Oh, and when you held my hand
DG
D I knew that it was now or never
BmAD
Bm Those were the best days of my life
DADA
D Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 AOhhh
Brid.
FA#
F Man, we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
A#
We needed to unwind
FA#C
F I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
|: D - A :|
4.
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Ref3
BmA
Bm Standin' on your mama's porch
DG
D You told me that you'd last forever
BmA
Bm Oh, and when you held my hand
DG
D I knew that it was now or never
BmAD
Bm Those were the best days of my life
Outro
DADA
D Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
DA
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
DA
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
DAD
D It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
ADADA
Yeah
