Summer Of 69 chords by Bryan Adams

• Capo on 3rd

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     I got my first real six-string
A
     Bought it at the five-and-dime
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     Played 'til my fingers bled
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     It was summer of '69

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    Me and some guys from school
A
    Had a Band and we tried real hard
D
    Jimmy quit and Jody got married
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    I shualda known we'd never get far

Bm		A
       Oh when I look back now
D			G
       That was seemes to last forever
Bm	       A
       And if I had the choice
D		       G
       Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Bm		       A
        Those were the best days of my life

D - A

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       Ain't no use in complainin'
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       When you got a job to do
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        Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A
       And that's when I met you


Bm		  A
       Standin on a 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 life

D                            A			    D - A
     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69'

F		     A#
        Man we were killin' time
                C
We were young and restless
        A#
We needed to unwind
F	        A#		        C
         I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

D - A    D - A

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      And now the times are changin'
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      Look at everything that's come and gone
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      Somethimes when I play that old six-string
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      I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Bm		  A
       Standin on a 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 life


D                            A			    D - A
     (Oh yeah)           Back in the summer of 69'

D - A            (All the way to the end)