Summer of '69 — Bryan Adams
Chords and lyrics for Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams (key of Am).
Verse 1
[Riffs] P.M. = palm muting
D (5)
A (5)
Intro
[D]
Verse 1
[D] I got my first real six-string
[A] Bought it at the five-and-dime
[D] Played it 'til my fingers bled
[A] It was the summer of '69
Verse 2
[D] Me and some guys from school
[A] Had a band and we tried real hard
[D] Jimmy quit, Jody got married
[A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus 1
[Bm] Oh, when I [A]look back now
[D] That summer seemed to [G]last forever
[Bm] And if I [A]had the choice
[D] Yeah, I'd always [G]wanna be there
[Bm] Those were the [A]best days of my [D]life
Instrumental
(D) A
Verse 3
[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, yeah
Chorus 2
[Bm] Standin' on your [A]mama's porch
[D] You told me that you'd [G]wait forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A]held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G]now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A]best days of my [D]life
Oh [A]yeah Back in the summer of [D]'69 [A]Ohhh
Bridge
[F] Man, we were [Bb]killin' time
We were [C]young and restless
We [Bb/D]needed to unwind
[F] I guess [Bb]nothin' can last [C]forever, forever no
Instrumental
[D] [A]
Verse 4
[D] And now the times are changin'
[A] Look at everything that's come and gone
[D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string
[A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus 3
[Bm] Standin' on your [A]mama's porch
[D] You told me that it'd [G]last forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A]held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G]now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A]best days of my [D]life
Outro
Oh [A]yeah Back in the summer of [D]'69 [A]Uh-huh
It was the summer of [D]'69. Oh [A]yeah
Me and my baby in [D]'69. [A]Ohhhhh, oh
[D] It was the [A]summer, summer, summer of [D]'69
[A][D]Yeah[A][D][A]
(Fade out)
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