Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance, 1984) Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q. 4/4 TIME @ 136 BPM (3 Min. 32 Sec. or 3 Min. 36 Sec.) in 'D' & 'F'. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARDS E A D G B e Bass| Chord ------------------ ------------- D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F# A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E Bm - x 2 4 4 3 2 B B-D-F# G - 3 2 0 0 3 3 G B-D-G Ds2 - x x 0 2 3 0 D A-D-E Ds4 - x x 0 2 3 3 D A-D-G As2 - x 0 2 2 0 0 A A-B-E As4 - x 0 2 2 3 0 A A-D-E F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 F A-C-F Bb - x 1 3 3 3 1 Bb Bb-D-F C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E Bb/D - x x 0 3 3 1 D Bb-D-F INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' - ----- |D |D |D |D | I got my first… real… six-… string,… |A |A |D | … bought… it at the five… and… dime,… played… it 'til my |D Ds2 |A |A | fin-… gers… bled,… was the sum-mer of… six-… ty… nine… VERSE #1: [22 M] -------- |D |D |A | Me and… some guys… from… school… had a band… and we |A |D |D | tried… real… hard… Jim-my quit,… and Jo-dy got… mar-… ried… |A |A |Bm | … I should-a known… we'd nev-er get… far… Oh, when I |A |D |G | look back… now,… that sum-… mer seemed to last… for-… ev-… er,… |Bm |A |D |G | and… if… I had… the choice,… yeah,… I'd al-ways wan-… na… be… there… |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D | … Those… were… the best… days… of… my… life… |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | VERSE #2: [22 M] -------- |D |D |A |A | Ain't… no… use in… com-plain-… in'… when you got… a job… to… do… |D |D |A | Spent my eve-nin's… down… at… the drive-… in,… and that's when… |A |Bm |A | I… met… you… Stand-in' on your ma-ma's… porch,… |D |G |Bm | you told… me that you'd wait… for-… ev-… er… Oh,… and when you |A |D |G | held… my hand,… I knew… that it was now… or… nev-… er… |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D | … Those… were… the best… days… of… my… life… Oh,… yeah… |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | Back in the sum-mer of… CHORUS #1: [4 M] --------- |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | six-… ty nine… Oh… BRIDGE: [8 M] ** KEY = 'F' - ------ |F |Bb |C | Man,… we were… kil-lin'… time,… we were… young… and rest-… less,… we |Bb/D |F |Bb | need-ed… to… un-wind… I guess… noth-in' can last… for-… ev-… |C |C | …-er,… for-… ev-… er,… no… INTERLUDE: [8 M] ** KEY = 'D' - --------- |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D | Yeah… |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | VERSE #3: [22 M] -------- |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 | And… now… the times… are… chang-… in'… look at ev-'ry-thing that's |… A As2 A |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D | come… and… gone… Some-times when I play that old… six-… string… |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A |Bm | I think a-bout you, won-der what… went… wrong… Stand-in' on your |A |D |G | ma-ma's… porch,… you told… me that it'd last… for-… ev-… er… |Bm |A |D | Oh,… and when you held… my hand,… I knew… that it was |G |Bm |A |Ds2 D Ds4 | now… or… nev-… er… Those… were… the best… days… of… my… life… |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | Oh,… yeah… Back in the sum-mer of… CHORUS #2: [24 or 26 M] 'CODA' (Since the Orig. fades out, you can end it on --------- the last 'A', or come back around to the 'D'.) |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | six-… ty nine… Uh,… huh… It was the sum-mer of… |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | six-… ty nine… Oh,… yeah… Me and my ba-… by in… |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | six-… ty nine… Oh… Oh… |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A | … It was the sum-mer,… sum-mer,… the sum-mer of… |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As4 A | six-… ty nine… Hey… |Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |A |A |D |D |