Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance Summer of '69

Intro: D5 D5 (pattern of verse)

The verses are D and A somewhat like this...

x=palm mute

D5
|-------------------|------------------|
|-3--x-x-3--x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-2--x-x-2--x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-0--x-x-0--x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
A5
|----------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------|repeat throughout verses.
|-2-x-x--2-|--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-2-x-x--2-|--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|-0-x-x--0-|--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-|
|----------|-------------------|


Intro Verse:
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69

Verse 1:
Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far

Bridge:
Bm A
Oh when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A (N.C.)
Those were the best days of my life.


Verse 2:
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you


Bridge 2:(same as Bridge 1)
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life


Chorus line:(play chords like the verse)
D A
Back in the summer of '69


Middle 8:
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no


Break:

Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A
|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0----2---|-----------------|------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|-----3------------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0----2---|
|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2---2----2-|---2-----2-----2-|-----2------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------2-----|-2-----2----2-----|
|-----------------|------------------|-----2-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------|



Verse 3:
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong


Bridge 3:(same as the others)
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life


Chorus line: (same as before)
Back in the summer of '69



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