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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:
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GUITAR KEYBOARDS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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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' -
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|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]
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|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]
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|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]
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|Ds2 D Ds4 |… D Ds2 D |As2 A As4 |… A As2 A |
six-… ty nine… Oh…
BRIDGE: [8 M] ** KEY = 'F' -
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|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' -
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|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]
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|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 |
We also have 30 songs by Bryan Adams
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- All For Love
- Back To You
- Cant Stop This Thing We Started
- Christmas Time
- Cloud Number Nine
- Cuts Like A Knife
- Do I Have To Say The Words
- Everything I Do I Do It For You
- Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman
- Heat Of The Night
- Heaven
- Here I Am
- Ill Always Be Right There
- Im Ready
- Inside Out
- Its Only Love
- Lets Make A Night To Remember
- On A Day Like Today
- One Night Love Affair
- Please Forgive Me
- Run To You
- Somebody
- Sound The Bugle
- Straight From The Heart
- Summer Of 69
- The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
- This Time
- When You Love Someone
- When Youre Gone
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