Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams
Perf:120
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
I got my first real six-string
G
Bought it at the five-and-dime
C
Played it 'til my fingers bled
G
It was the summer of '69
[Verse 2]
C
Me and some guys from school
G
Had a band and we tried real hard
C
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
G
I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1]
Am G
Oh, when I look back now
C F
That summer seemed to last forever
Am G
And if I had the choice
C F
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Am G C
Those were the best days of my life
[Instrumental]
(C) G
[Verse 3]
C
Ain't no use in complainin'
G
When you got a job to do
C
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
G
And that's when I met you, yeah
[Chorus 2]
Am G
Standin' on your mama's porch
C F
You told me that you'd wait forever
Am G
Oh, and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G C
Those were the best days of my life
(C) G C G
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge]
D# Ab
Man, we were killin' time
A#
We were young and restless
Ab/C
We needed to unwind
D# Ab A#
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[Instrumental]
C G x2
[Verse 4]
C
And now the times are changin'
G
Look at everything that's come and gone
C
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
G
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
Am G
Standin' on your mama's porch
C F
You told me that it'd last forever
Am G
Oh, and when you held my hand
C F
I knew that it was now or never
Am G C
Those were the best days of my life
[Outro]
(C) G C G
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
C G
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
C G
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
C G C
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
G C G C G
Yeah
(Fade out)