[Riffs] P.M. = palm muting
D(5)
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
P.M. P.M.---------------------|
A(5)
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
D|-2-----2---------|-----------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
P.M. P.M.---------------------|
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of '69
[Verse 2]
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
A
I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1]
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 D
Those were the best days of my life
[Instrumental]
(D) A
[Verse 3]
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, yeah
[Chorus 2]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge]
F Bb
Man, we were killin' time
C
We were young and restless
Bb/D
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no
[Instrumental]
D A x2
[Verse 4]
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 you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that it'd last forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
[Outro]
(D) A D A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
D A
It was the summer of '69. Oh yeah
D A
Me and my baby in '69. Ohhhhh, oh
D A D
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
A D A D A
Yeah
(Fade out)Summer Of 69 chords and lyrics
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[Intro] D [Verse 1] [Verse 2] [Chorus 1] [Instrumental] (D) A [Verse 3] [Chorus 2] [Bridge] [Instrumental] D A x2 [Verse 4] [Chorus 3] [Outro] (Fade out)
Summer Of 69 Chords by Bryan Adams
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