SUMMER OF 69 chords and lyrics (BRYAN ADAMS)
Verse 1 :
A
I got my first real six-string
E
Bought it at the five-and-dime
A
Played 'til my fingers bled
E
It was summer of '69
Chorus 1 :
A
Me and some guys from school
E
Had a Band and we tried real hard
A
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
E
I shoulda known we'd never get far
F#m E
Oh when I look back now
A D
That summer seem to last forever
F#m E
And if I had the choice
A D
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
F#m E
Those were the best days of my life
A – E
Verse 2 :
A
Ain't no use in complainin'
E
When you got a job to do
A
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
E
And that's when I met you
Chorus 2 :
F#m E
Standin on my mama's porch
A D
You told me that you'd wait forever
F#m E
Oh and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
F#m E
Those were the best days of my life
A E A – E
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
Bridge :
C F
Man we were killin' time
G
We were young and restless
F
We needed to unwind
C F G
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
Verse 3 :
A – E A – E
A
And now the times are changin'
E
Look at everything that's come and gone
A
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
E
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Chorus 3 :
F#m E
Standin' on a mama's porch
A D
You told me that you'd last forever
F#m E
Oh and when you held my hand
A D
I knew that it was now or never
F#m E
Those were the best days of my life
Outro :
A E A – E
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’
A – E
(All the way to the end)
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