Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams

Summer Of 69 Chords

Performed by Bryan Adams

Verse 1

D
.. I got my first real six string
A
.. Bought it at the five and dime
D
.. Played it till my fingers bled
A
.. Was the summer of 69

D
.. Me & some guys from school
A
… Had a band and
We tried real hard
D
.. Jimmy quit and
Jody got married
A
… I should’ve known
We’d never get far

Bm                 A
… Oh, when I look back now
D
… That summer seemed
…..G
To last forever
Bm           A
… And if I had the choice
D
.. Yeah, I’d always
G
Wanna be there
Bm
… Those were the
A                        D
Best days of my life

Verse 2

D
.. Ain’t no use in complaining
A
.. When you got a job to do
D
.. I spent my evenings
Down at the drive in
A
… And that’s when I
Met you, yeah!

Bm
… Standing on your
A
Mama’s porch
D
… You told me that
………..G
You’d 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                       D
Best days of my life
………..A
Oh, yeah
Back in the
…………………..D
Summer of 69
..A
Oh

Bridge

F                         A#
… Man, we were killing time
………………C
We were young and restless
…….A#
We needed to unwind
F             A#
.. I guess nothing can last
…….C
Forever, forever, no
D                A
…………. Yeah

Verse 3

D
.. & now the times are changing
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

Bm
… Standing on your
A
Mama’s porch
D
… You told me that
…….G
It’d 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                        D
Best days of my life
Oh, yeah
Back in the
Summer of 69, uh-huh
It was the
Summer of’69, oh, yeah
Me and my baby
In 69, oh, oh

It was the summer,
Summer, summer of 69

End