Summer of '69 / Bryan Adams ~ lyrics and guitar chords

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
    Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] (x2)
              D Thing
                 I got my first real six-string
              A Thing
                 Bought it at the five-and-dime
                 Played it till my fingers bled
                 Was the summer of '69

                 Me and some guys from school
                 Had a band and we tried real hard
                 Jimmy quit and Jody got married
                 Shoulda known we'd never get far

                              Bm                 A
                                  But when I look back now
                               D                                       G
                                  The summer seemed to last forever
                                  And if I had the choice
                                  Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
                              Bm                        A                         D Thing   A Thing
                                  Those were the best days of my life

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

                                  Standin' on your mama's porch
                                  You told me that you'd wait forever
                                  And when you held my hand
                                  I knew that it was now or never
                                  Those were the best days of my life
                                                                                          D Thing
                                                    A Thing                                     D Thing   A Thing
                                                              Back in the summer of '69

                                                  F                    Bb
                                                  Man we were killin' time
                                                                  C                                                Bb 
                                                  We were young and restless, we needed to unwind
                                               F            Bb
                                                  I guess nothin'
                                                                     C
                                                  Can last forever... forever
                                                                                                D Thing   A Thing

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

                                  Standin' on your mama's porch
                                  You told me it would last forever
                                  And when you held my hand
                                  I knew that it was now or never
                                  Those were the best days of my life
                                                                                                D Thing
                                                    A Thing                                     D Thing   A Thing
                                                              Back in the summer of '69
                                                              It was the summer of '69
                                                              Just me and my baby in '69
                                                              Yeah, it was the summer of, summer of '69

                                                              It was the summer of love....
                                                                                                                (End on D)

I got this one off of his "Unplugged" version. The D Thing and the A Thing are the intro chords.

   Chords:
          D2 D  D4  A2 A  A4   Bm G  F  Bb C
      e |-0--2--3---0--0--0----2--3--1-----0--
      B |-3--3--3---0--2--3----3--0--1--3--1--
      G |-2--2--2---2--2--2----4--0--2--3--0--
      D |-0--0--0---2--2--2----4--0--3--3--2--
      A |-0--0--0---0--0--0----2--2--3--1--3--
      E |-------------------------3--1--------

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