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Bryan ADAMS
Summer of 69
Album : "Best of Me"
Bass Tab
Tempo : 139 bpm
Tuning: EADG
Key signature: D
Verse1: 00:01
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|--- guitar playing --|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D I got my first real six-string
A Bought it at the five-and-dime
D Played 'til my fingers bled
A It was summer of '69
Bass starts: 00:18
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|-------------------4-|-
A|/5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-7--7--7-7--7--7-7---|-
E|---------------------|---------------------|-
D Me and some guys from school
A Had a Band and we tried real hard
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|---------------------|-
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-6-|-
D Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus1: 00:32
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|- x2
E|-7g-7--7-7-|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|-3g-3--3-5-|-
Bm Oh when I lAook back now
D That was seemes to lGast forever
Bm And if I Ahad the choice
D Yeah - GI'd always wanna be there
G|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-
E|-7g-7--7-7-|-5g~~~~----|-
Bm Those were the Abest days of my life
Bridge: 00:49
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-------------------4-|-
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-
D - A
Verse2: 00:56
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|-------------------4-|-
A|/5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-7--7--7-7--7--7-7---|-
E|---------------------|---------------------|-
D Ain't no use in complainin'
A When you got a job to do
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|---------------------|-
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-6-|-
D Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
A And that's when I met you
Chorus2: 01:10
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|- x2
E|-7g-7--7-7-|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|-3g-3--3-5-|-
Bm Standin on your Amama's porch
D You told me that you'd Gwait forever...
Bm oh, and when Ayou held my hand
D I knew that it was Gnow or never
G|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-
E|/7g-7--7-7-|-5g~~~~----|-
Bm Those were the Abest days of my life... (Oh yeah)
Bridge: 01:27
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-------------------4-|- x2
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-
D B
Break: 01:41
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-
D|-------------------10|---------------------|-------------------10|-----------------|-
A|/8--8--8-8--8--8-8---|---------------------|-8--8--8-8--8--8-8---|-----------------|-
E|---------------------|-8--8--8-8--8--8-8-6-|---------------------|-8~~~-8-8-8-8~8--|-
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acAk in the summerD o-
f A69’F Man we were A#killin' time
We were yCoung and restless
We A#needed to unwind
FI gueA#ss noCth
Bridge: 01:55
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
A|--5g~~~~-------|---------------|--5g~~~~-------|---------------|-
E|---------------|--5g~~~~-------|---------------|--5g~~~~-------|-
D – A D – A
Verse3: 02:08
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|-------------------4-|-
A|/5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-7--7--7-7--7--7-7---|-
E|---------------------|---------------------|-
(build
in' canup)
last forever, forever noD And now the times are changin'
A Look at everything that's come and gone
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|---------------------|-
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-6-|-
D Somethimes when I play that old six-string
A I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Chorus3: 02:22
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|- x2
E|-7g-7--7-7-|-5g-5--5-5-|-----------|-3g-3--3-5-|-
Bm Standin on a Amama's porch
D You told me that you'd Gwait forever
Bm Oh and when Ayou held my hand
D I knew that it was Gnow or never
G|-----------|-----------|-
D|-----------|-----------|-
A|-----------|-----------|-
E|/7g-7--7-7-|-5g~~~~----|-
Bm Those were the Abest days of my life
Bridge: 02:39
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-------------------3-|- x6
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-
D (Oh yeah) BacAk in Dth
Outro: 03:00
G|---------------------|---------------------|-
D|-------------------7-|---------------------|-
A|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-------------------3-|- repeat till fading...
E|---------------------|-5--5--5-5--5--5-5---|-
D – A (Chords : repeat till fading)
End: 03:33
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
g - grace bote
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
. - full stop
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
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