Summer Of 69 chords by Ryan Adams

Summer Of Sixty Nine - Ryan Adams

D  A

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

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

Bm                 A          D                             G
  Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever
Bm                 A           D                    G
   And if I had the choice, yeah I'd always wanna be there
Bm                      A                                      D/A     D
  Those were the best days of my life

A/D - D                               D/A - A
       Ain't no use in complainin',     when you got a job to do
A/D - D                                           D/A A
       Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in,    and that's when I met you

Bm                    A                 D                     G
  Standin on a mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm                       A        D                   G
  Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm                      A             D
  Those were the best days of my life
D                                     A          D/A    D
 (Oh yeah)     Back in the summer of 69'

F               Bb                  C
   Man we were killin' time, We were young and restless
Bb/D      C/E    F
We needed to unwind
         Bb                C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

D G/D-D | A D/A-A (2x)

A/D - D                                 D/A - A
      And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone
A/D - D                                           D/A - A
      Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Bm                       A         D                     G
  Standin on your mama's porch, you told me that it'd last forever
Bm                       A         D                 G
  Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm                      A             D
  Those were the best days of my life

D                            A                     D - A
     (Oh yeah)           It was the summer of 69'

(repeat all the way to the end)