Summer Of '69 chords by
Bryan Adams

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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
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D D 
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I got my first real six-string
A A 
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Bought it at the five-and-dime
D D 
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Played it 'til my fingers bled
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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, Jody got married

A

I should've known we'd never get far

Pre-chorus 1
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Oh, when I look back now
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The summer seemed to last forever
Bm Bm 2
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A A 
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And if I had the choice
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Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
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Those were the best days of my

Interlude 1

D

D

A

A

(life) (Hey)

Verse 3

D

Ain't no use in complainin'

A

When you've got a job to do

D

Spent my evenings down at the drive-in

A

And that's when I met you, yeah

Pre-chorus 2
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Standin' on your mama's porch
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You told me that you'd wait forever
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A A 
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Oh, and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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Those were the best days of my

Chorus 1

D

A

(life) Oh, yeah

D

A

Back in the summer of '6 9, oh

Bridge 1

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,

Interlude 2

forever, no

D

D

A

A

Yeah

D

D

A

A

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

Think about you, wonder what went wrong

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Standin' on your mama's porch
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You told me that it'd last forever
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A A 
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Oh, and when you held my hand
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I knew that it was now or never
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A A 
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Those were the best days of my

Chorus 2

D

A

(life) Oh, yeah

D

Back in the summer of '6 9, oh

A

It was the summer of...

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