Summer Of 69 tab by Bryan Adams

Tabs (Ver. 2)

Time:  4/4
Tempo: Q=140

Fingerstyle version with accompaniment and melody/harmony elements.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Sequence: StartVerse, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Interlude/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge

StartVerse:
  D MajorD
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D MajorD|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        I  got my      first  real  six   string,
          played it till my fingers   bled,

  A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| 2x
D MajorD|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
A augmentedA|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
          bought it at the five  &    dime,
    't was the summer of    '69

Verse:
  D MajorD                                  A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|-0-------------------0-----------|
BB|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-------2---------------2---|
D MajorD|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        Me   and some   guys  from school          had a band and we
        Ain't  no      use   complaining,               when ya gotta
        And   now the    times are changin'          look at everything that's

                   D MajorD
E MajorE|-2-------0-------0---------------|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G+G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  tried  real  hard.               Jimmy quit and  Jody  got married,
  job   to   do.                Spent my evenings down at the drive  in,
  come  and   gone,               Sometimes when i play my old six   string

  A augmentedA
E MajorE|-0-------------------0-----------|-2-------0-------0---------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----2-------2---------------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      shoulda   known we'd  never  get   far.
        and that's when   I    met   you.
    I  think a-bout you wonder  what  went  wrong.

Chorus:

  B minorBm                      A augmentedA           D MajorD
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|------2---2-------2--------|
BB|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|------3---3-------3--------|
G+G|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|------2---------------2----|
D MajorD|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|-0------------0------------|
A augmentedA|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
        Oh when I      look back  now,    that      summer   seemed to
        Standing on your   ma- ma's  porch    you      told me   that you'd

  A augmentedA  G+G        B minorBm                      A augmentedA
E MajorE|-5----3---------0----|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
BB|-0----0----3----0----|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|
G+G|-----------0---------|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|-5---------3---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  last for e- ver.         and if I       had the choice,
  wait for e- ver.         and when I      held your hand,

  D MajorD              A augmentedA  G+G        B minorBm          A augmentedA
E MajorE|------2---2-------2--------|-5----3---------0----|---------------------|-----------0---------|
BB|------3---3-------3--------|-0----0----3----0----|------3----3----3----|-2----3----2----2----|
G+G|------2---------------2----|-----------0---------|------4----4----4----|-2----2----2----2----|
D MajorD|-0------------0------------|------0---------0----|------4---------4----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------|---------------------|-2---------2---------|-0---------0---------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|-5---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
    I'd al-   ways    wanna   be  there.   Those were the  best days of  my life.
    I knew that it was   now or  never.      Those were the  best days of  my life.

Bridge:
  D MajorD
E MajorE|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
BB|-----3---------------3-------3---|-------------3-------3-------3---|
G+G|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
D MajorD|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Oh   yeah!
    Back in the summer of    '69.

  A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
G+G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-------------2-------2-------2---| 2x
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Interlude:
  FF            Bb majorBb            C majorC            Bb majorBb
E MajorE|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
BB|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
G+G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|-7----7---7--------7----|
D MajorD|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|------8------------8----|
A augmentedA|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-6------------6---------|
    Man   we were     killin' time,      we were young and    reckless.

  FF            Bb majorBb            C majorC
E MajorE|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-10--8-------10--8---------|
BB|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-8-----------8-------------|
G+G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|---------9------------9----|
D MajorD|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|---------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-8---------------8---------|

Other versions of Summer Of 69

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