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Summer Of '69 Tab by Bryan Adams

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • F

  • Bb

  • C

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

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Pre-chorus 1
Bm
A
Oh, when I look back now
D
G
The summer seemed to last forever
Bm
A
And if I had the choice
D
G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm
A
Those were the best days of my
Interlude 1
D
D
(life)
E|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|-----3-----------3-----------3----|---------3------------------------| G|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
A
(Hey)
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----|---------2------------------------| D|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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
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
Those were the best days of my
Chorus 1
D
(life) Oh, yeah
E|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|-----3-----------3-----------3----|---------3------------------------| G|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
E|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----| D|---------2-----------2------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
D
Back in the summer of '69,
E|----------------------------------|-0-----------2-----------3--------| B|-----2-----------0-------2--------|-----3-----------3-----------3----| G|---------2------------------------|---------2-----------2------------| D|-2-----------2-------2------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
oh
E|-----2-----------0-------2--------|----------------------------------| B|---------3------------------------|-0-----------2-----------3--------| G|-2-----------2-------2------------|-----2-----------2-----------2----| D|----------------------------------|---------2-----------2------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|----------------------------------| B|-----2-----------0-------2--------| G|---------2------------------------| D|-2-----------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
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,
forever, no
Interlude 2
D
D
Yeah
E|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|-----3-----------3-----------3----|---------3------------------------| G|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----|---------2------------------------| D|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D
D
E|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|-----3-----------3-----------3----|---------3------------------------| G|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
A
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----|---------2------------------------| D|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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
Pre-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
Those were the best days of my
Chorus 2
D
(life) Oh, yeah
E|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|-----3-----------3-----------3----|---------3------------------------| G|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A
E|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----| D|---------2-----------2------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
D
Back in the summer of '69,
E|----------------------------------|-0-----------2-----------3--------| B|-----2-----------0-------2--------|-----3-----------3-----------3----| G|---------2------------------------|---------2-----------2------------| D|-2-----------2-------2------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
oh
E|-----2-----------0-------2--------| B|---------3------------------------| G|-2-----------2-------2------------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4
A
It was the summer of...
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|-0-----------2-----------3--------|-----2-----------0-------2--------| G|-----2-----------2-----------2----|---------2------------------------| D|---------2-----------2------------|-2-----------2-------2------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[Repeat and fade]
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