Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)

1.

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 I got my first real six-string,

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 bought it at the five-and-dime.

D
 Played until my fingers bled,

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 was summer of '69.
2.

D
 Me and some guys from school

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 had a band and we tried real hard,

D
 Jimmy quit and Jody got married,

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 I should have known, we'd never get far.
R:

Hmi
 Oh, when I 
A
look back now,

D
 that summer seemed to 
G
last forever.

Hmi
 And if I 
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had the choice, 
D
yeah, I'd always 
G
wanna be there.
Hmi
Those were the 
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best days of my 
D
life.
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3.

D
 Ain't no use in complainin',

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 when you got a job to do.

D
 Spent my evenin's down at the drive in

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 and that's when I met you.
R:

Hmi
 Standin on your 
A
mama's porch

D
 you told me, that you'd 
G
wait forever.
Hmi
Oh, and when you 
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held my hand,

D
 I knew, that it was 
G
now or never.

Hmi
 Those were the 
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best days of my 
D
life.

A
Oh, back in the summer of '
D
69.
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B:

F
 Man we were 
B
killin' time,
we were 
C
young and restless.
We 
B
needed to unwind,

F
 I guess 
B
nothin' can last for
C
ever, forever, no.
4.

D
 And now the times are changin',

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 look at everything that's come and gone.

D
 Sometimes when I play that old six-string,

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 I think about you wonder, what went wrong.
R:

Hmi
 Standin' on your 
A
mama's porch,

D
 you told me, it would 
G
last forever.
Hmi
Oh, the way you 
A
held my hand,

D
 I knew, that it was 
G
now or never.

Hmi
 Those were the 
A
best days of my 
D
life.

A
Back in the summer of 
D
69. 
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It was the summer of 
D
69. 
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Me and my babe in 
D
69. 
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D
It was the 
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summer... summer... summer of 
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69. 
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