Summer Of 69 chords by Bryan Adams

• Capo on 3rd

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

D
  Me and some guys from school
A
  Had a Band and we tried real hard
D
  Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A

  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

D
    Ain't no use in complainin'
A
    When you got a job to do
D
    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

D
   And now the times are changin'
A
   Look at everything that's come and gone
D
   Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A
   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)