Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams
Instrument:
Lyrics
Guitar
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Tuning:
E A D G B E
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Tuning:
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
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
But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
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 - ya
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
Back in the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
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'n wonder what went wrong
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
Back in the summer of '69
[D]I got my first real six string
[A]Bought it at the five and dime
[D]Played it til my fingers bled
[A]Was the summer of '69
[D]Me and some guys from school
[A]Had a band and we tried real hard
[D]Jimmy quit and Jody got married
[A]I shoulda known we'd never get far
[h]But when I lo[A]ok back now
[D]That summer seemed to[G] last forever
[h]And if I[A] had the choice
[D]Ya - I'd always[G] wanna be there
[h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life
[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 - ya
[h]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch
[D]You told me that you'd[G] wait forever
[h]Oh and when you[A] held my hand
[D]I knew that it was[G] now or never
[h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life
[D] [A] Back in the summer[D] of '69[A]
[F]Man we were[B] killin' time
We were[C] young and restless
We[B] needed to unwind
[F]I guess[B] nothin' can last fore[C]ver - forever, no...
instr.: [D] [A] x2
[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 ya'n wonder what went wrong
[h]Standin' on your[A] mama's porch
[D]You told me it would[G] last forever
[h]Oh the way you[A] held my hand
[D]I knew that it wasG] now or never
[h]Those were the[A] best days of my[D] life
[A]Back in the summer of '[D]69 [A]
D
I got my first real six stringA
Bought it at the five and dimeD
Played it til my fingers bledA
Was the summer of '69D
Me and some guys from schoolA
Had a band and we tried real hardD
Jimmy quit and Jody got marriedA
I shoulda known we'd never get farBm
But when I loA
ok back nowD
That summer seemed toG
last foreverBm
And if IA
had the choiceD
Ya - I'd alwaysG
wanna be thereBm
Those were theA
best days of myD
lifeD
Ain't no use in complainin'A
When you got a job to doD
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-inA
And that's when I met you - yaBm
Standin' on yourA
mama's porchD
You told me that you'dG
wait foreverBm
Oh and when youA
held my handD
I knew that it wasG
now or neverBm
Those were theA
best days of myD
lifeD
A
Back in the summerD
of '69A
F
Man we wereB
killin' timeWe were
C
young and restlessWe
B
needed to unwindF
I guessB
nothin' can last foreC
ver - forever, no...instr.:
D
A
x2D
And now the times are changin'A
Look at everything that's come and goneD
Sometimes when I play that old six stringA
I think about ya'n wonder what went wrongBm
Standin' on yourA
mama's porchD
You told me it wouldG
last foreverBm
Oh the way youA
held my handD
I knew that it wasG] now or neverBm
Those were theA
best days of myD
lifeA
Back in the summer of 'D
69 A
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
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
But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
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 - ya
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
Back in the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
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'n wonder what went wrong
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
Back in the summer of '69
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
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
But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
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 - ya
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
Back in the summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no...
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'n wonder what went wrong
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
Back in the summer of '69
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