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Bryan Adams Summer of 69 C G

^C I got my first real six-string ^G Bought it at the five-and-dime ^C Played 'til my fingers bled ^G It was summer of '69

^C Me and some guys from school ^G Had a Band and we tried real hard ^C Jimmy quit and Jody got married ^G I shoulda known we'd never get far

^Am Oh when I^G look back now ^C That was seemes t^Fo last forever ^Am And if I^G had the choice ^C Ya - I'd always ^Fwanna be there ^Am Those were the ^Gbest days of my life

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^C Ain't no use in complainin' ^G When you got a job to do ^C Spent my evenin's down at the drive in ^G And that's when I met you

^Am Standin on ^Ga mama's porch ^C You told me that you'd wait ^Fforever ^Am Oh and when you held^G my hand

^C I knew that it was ^Fnow or never ^Am Those were the b^Gest days of my life

C G (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ Riff: (C) (G) xA|--8--9--10--9--8--9--|--2-4--5--4--2--4---| xE|--0--0--0---0--0--0--|--3-3--3--3--3--3---| xC|--0--0--0---0--0--0--|--2-2--2--2--2--2---| xG|--0--0--0---0--0--0--|--0-0--0--0--0--0---|

^F Man we were k^Bbillin' time We were young an^Cd restless We neede^Bbd to unwind ^F I guess^Bb nothin' can last foreve^Cr, forever no

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^C And now the times are changin' ^G Look at everything that's come and gone ^C Somethimes when I play that old six-string ^G I think about ya wonder what went wrong

^Am Standin on ^Ga mama's porch ^C You told me that you'd wait ^Fforever ^Am Oh and when you held^G my hand

^C I knew that it was ^Fnow or never ^Am Those were the b^Gest days of my life

C G C – G (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ C – G (All the way to the end)

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69