Tuning: Standard tuning Difficulty: novice 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: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARDS E A D G B e Bass| Chord ------------------ ------------- D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F# A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E Bm - x 2 4 4 3 2 B B-D-F# G - 3 2 0 0 3 3 G B-D-G Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E Ds4 - x x 0 2 3 3 D A-D-G As2 - x 0 2 2 0 0 A A-B-E As4 - x 0 2 2 3 0 A A-D-E F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F Bb - x 1 3 3 3 1 Bb Bb-D-F C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E Bb/D - x x 0 3 3 1 D Bb-D-F
INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = ’D’ - ----- |D |D |D |D | I got my first real six- string, |A |A |D | bought it at the five and dime, played it ’til my |D Ds2 |A |A | fin- gers bled, was the sum-mer of six- ty nine VERSE #1: [22 M] -------- |D |D |A | Me and some guys from school had a band and we |A |D |D | tried real hard Jim-my quit, and Jo-dy got mar- ried |A |A |Bm | I should-a known we’d nev-er get far Oh, when I |A |D |G | look back now, that sum- mer seemed to last for- ev- er, |Bm |A |D |G | and if I had the choice, yeah, I’d al-ways wan- na be there |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D | Those were the best days of my life |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | VERSE #2: [22 M] -------- |D |D |A |A | Ain’t no use in com-plain- in’ when you got a job to do |D |D |A | Spent my eve-nin’s down at the drive- in, and that’s when |A |Bm |A | I met you Stand-in’ on your ma-ma’s porch, |D |G |Bm | you told me that you’d wait for- ev- er Oh, and when you |A |D |G | held my hand, I knew that it was now or nev- er |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D | Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | Back in the sum-mer of CHORUS #1: [4 M] --------- |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | six- ty nine Oh BRIDGE: [8 M] ** KEY = ’F’ - ------ |F |Bb |C | Man, we were kil-lin’ time, we were young and rest- less, we |Bb/D |F |Bb | need-ed to un-wind I guess noth-in’ can last for- ev- |C |C | -er, for- ev- er, no INTERLUDE: [8 M] ** KEY = ’D’ - --------- |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D | Yeah |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | VERSE #3: [22 M] -------- |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | And now the times are chang- in’ look at ev-’ry-thing that’s | A As2 A |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D | come and gone Some-times when I play that old six- string |As2 A As4 | A As2 A |Bm | I think a-bout you, won-der what went wrong Stand-in’ on your |A |D |G | ma-ma’s porch, you told me that it’d last for- ev- er |Bm |A |D | Oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was |G |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 | now or nev- er Those were the best days of my life | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | 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 Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | six- ty nine Uh, huh It was the sum-mer of |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | six- ty nine Oh, yeah Me and my ba- by in |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | six- ty nine Oh Oh |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As2 A | It was the sum-mer, sum-mer, the sum-mer of |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | A As4 A | six- ty nine Hey |Ds2 D Ds4 | D Ds2 D |A |A |D |D |
"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.