Summer of '69
Bryan AdamsVon dem Album "Reckless" 1984
Verse 1:
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at a five-and-dime
D
Played it til my fingers bled
A
It was the summer of 69
D
Me and some guys from school
A
had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Refrain:
Hm A
Oh when I look back now
D G
that summer seemed to last forever
Hm A
Oh and if I had a choice
D G
Yeah I'd always wanna be there
Hm A D A
Those were the best days of my life
Verse 2:
D
Ain't no use in complainin'
A
when you got a job to do
D
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
A
and that's where I met you
Refrain:
Hm
A
Standin on your mama's porch
D
G
you told me that you'd wait forever
Hm
A
Oh and when you held my hand
D
G
I knew that it was now or never
Hm
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 - D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
back in the summer of '69
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 - D -
A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
Übergang:
F
Bb
Man we were killing time
C
Bb
F
we were young and restless we needed to unwind
Bb
C
D D - A (2x)
I guess nothin' can last forever- forever; no
Verse 3:
D
And now the times are changing
A
look at everything thats come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Refrain:
Hm
A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D
G
you told me it would last forever
Hm
A
oh the way you held my hand
D
G
I knew that it was now or never
Hm
A
D
Those were the best days of my life
Outro:
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 - D -
A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
back in the summer of '69
D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus2 - D -
A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
there was the summer of '69 .......
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