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From: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
The verses are just D A D A ... as many as needed with the change
occurring on every second bar. There is an additional two bars of D
at the start as well.
The way to play it is something like this:
D. . . . . . . . D. . . . . . . .
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----3---------|-----------------||-3-----3---------|-------------3---|
|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----||-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------|-------------0---||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A. . . . . . . .
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|| repeat last 4 bars throughout
|-2-----2---------|-------------2---|| verses.
|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|-----------------|-----------------||
The dots show the beat.
Use moderate amounts of overdrive, and mute the 2's with your palm to get
the distinctive percussive sound. 0
The Chorus chords are |Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A| (I use B instead of Bm)
use standard open A,D, and G and a barred A shape for B.
The keyboard riff is sort of an arpegiated D and A ie.
D A
|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|-----3-----------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0----2---|
|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2---2---2-|---2-----2-----3-|-----2------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2----2---2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
This sounds a bit messy with overdrive, so play it clean, or (even easier)
just play the melody part (which is mainly what you hear on the CD anyway)
e|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2----|
For the key change after the second chorus, the chords are:
|F|Bb|C|Bb|F|Bb|C|C| again use the barred A shape for Bb and C.
That's about all for Summer of '69#
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 21:16:52 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jonathan Nott
Subject: Chords: Summer of '69 UNPLUGGED by Bryan Adams
(summer_of_69_unplugged.crd)
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams (as played on 'Unplugged')
Transcribed by Jon Nott
D* is the progression: Dsus - D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus - D (arpeggiated)
A* is the progression: Asus - A - Asus4 - A - Asus - A (arpeggiated)
Intro: D* A* D* A*
D* i got my first real six string A*- brought it at the five & dime
D* played it til my fingers bled A*- was the summer of '69
D* me and some guys from schoolA* had a band and we tried real hard
D* jimmy quit and jody got married A*- shoulda known we'd never get far
Bm oh when i Alook back now <Di>- that summer seeGmed to last for ever
Bm and if i Ahad the choice <Di>- ya i'd Galways wanna be there
Bm those were the Abest days of my D*life A*
D* ain't no use complaining A*- when ya gotta job to do
D* spent my evenings down at the drive in A*- and that's when i met you - ya
Bm standing on your Amamma's porch <Di>- you told me thatG you'd wait forever
Bm and when i Aheld your hand <Di>- i knew that Git was now or never
Bm those were the Abest days of my D*life A*- back in the summD*er oA*f '69
F man we were Bbkillin' time
we were Cyoung and reckless -<Bb/i> we needed to unwind
F i guess Bbnothing can last forCever...
D* A* D* A*
D* and now the times are changin'
A* look at everything that's come and gone
D* sometimes when i play my old six string
A* i think about you wonder what went wrong
Bm standing on your Amanna's porch <Di>- you told mGe it'd last forever
Bm and when i Aheld your hand <Di>- i knew that Git was now or never
Bm those were the Abest days of my life D*A*- back in the summD*er oA*f '69
continue on D* A*
Chords:
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
G - 320033 or 320003
D - xx0232
F - 133211
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
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