Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Tuning: Standard tuning
Summer Of ’69 - Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance, 1984)
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.
4/4 TIME @ 136 BPM (3 Min. 32 Sec. or 3 Min. 36 Sec.) in ’D’ & ’F’.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARDS
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB e Bass| Chord
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D MajorD - x x 0 2 3 2 D MajorD A-D-F#
A augmentedA - x 0 2 2 2 0 A augmentedA A-C#-E
B minorBm - x 2 4 4 3 2 BB B-D-F#
G+G - 3 2 0 0 3 3 G+G B-D-G
Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D MajorD A-D-E
Ds4 - x x 0 2 3 3 D MajorD A-D-G
As2 - x 0 2 2 0 0 A augmentedA A-B-E
As4 - x 0 2 2 3 0 A augmentedA A-D-E
FF - 1 3 3 2 1 1 FF A-C-F
Bb majorBb - x 1 3 3 3 1 Bb majorBb Bb-D-F
C majorC - x 3 2 0 1 0 C majorC G-C-E
Bb/DBb/D - x x 0 3 3 1 D MajorD Bb-D-F
INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = ’D’ -
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |D MajorD |
I got my first real six- string,
|A augmentedA |A augmentedA |D MajorD |
bought it at the five and dime, played it ’til my
|D MajorD Ds2 |A augmentedA |A augmentedA |
fin- gers bled, was the sum-mer of six- ty nine
VERSE #1: [22 M]
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
Me and some guys from school had a band and we
|A augmentedA |D MajorD |D MajorD |
tried real hard Jim-my quit, and Jo-dy got mar- ried
|A augmentedA |A augmentedA |B minorBm |
I should-a known we’d nev-er get far Oh, when I
|A augmentedA |D MajorD |G+G |
look back now, that sum- mer seemed to last for- ev- er,
|B minorBm |A augmentedA |D MajorD |G+G |
and if I had the choice, yeah, I’d al-ways wan- na be there
|B minorBm |A augmentedA |Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |
Those were the best days of my life
|As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
VERSE #2: [22 M]
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|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |A augmentedA |
Ain’t no use in com-plain- in’ when you got a job to do
|D MajorD |D MajorD |A augmentedA |
Spent my eve-nin’s down at the drive- in, and that’s when
|A augmentedA |B minorBm |A augmentedA |
I met you Stand-in’ on your ma-ma’s porch,
|D MajorD |G+G |B minorBm |
you told me that you’d wait for- ev- er Oh, and when you
|A augmentedA |D MajorD |G+G |
held my hand, I knew that it was now or nev- er
|B minorBm |A augmentedA |Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |
Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah
|As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
Back in the sum-mer of
CHORUS #1: [4 M]
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|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
six- ty nine Oh
BRIDGE: [8 M] ** KEY = ’F’ -
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|FF |Bb majorBb |C majorC |
Man, we were kil-lin’ time, we were young and rest- less, we
|Bb/DBb/D |FF |Bb majorBb |
need-ed to un-wind I guess noth-in’ can last for- ev-
|C majorC |C majorC |
-er, for- ev- er, no
INTERLUDE: [8 M] ** KEY = ’D’ -
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|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |
Yeah
|As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
VERSE #3: [22 M]
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|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 |
And now the times are chang- in’ look at ev-’ry-thing that’s
| A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |
come and gone Some-times when I play that old six- string
|As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |B minorBm |
I think a-bout you, won-der what went wrong Stand-in’ on your
|A augmentedA |D MajorD |G+G |
ma-ma’s porch, you told me that it’d last for- ev- er
|B minorBm |A augmentedA |D MajorD |
Oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was
|G+G |B minorBm |A augmentedA |Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 |
now or nev- er Those were the best days of my life
| D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
Oh, yeah Back in the sum-mer of
CHORUS #2: [24 or 26 M] ’CODA’ (Since the Orig. fades out, you can end it on
--------- the last ’A’, or come back around to the ’D’.)
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
six- ty nine Uh, huh It was the sum-mer of
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
six- ty nine Oh, yeah Me and my ba- by in
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
six- ty nine Oh Oh
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As2 A augmentedA |
It was the sum-mer, sum-mer, the sum-mer of
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |As2 A augmentedA As4 | A augmentedA As4 A augmentedA |
six- ty nine Hey
|Ds2 D MajorD Ds4 | D MajorD Ds2 D MajorD |A augmentedA |A augmentedA |D MajorD |D MajorD |
Summer Of 69 chords
"Summer of ´69" is a song from Canadian rocker Bryan Adam´s 4th album, "Reckless". "Summer of ´69" was released in 1985.
Bryan Adams wrote "Summer of ´69" together with his writing partner Jim Vallance.
