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Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance, 1984)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.

4/4 TIME @ 136 BPM (3 Min. 32 Sec. or 3 Min. 36 Sec.) in 'D' & 'F'.

Chords Used:
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              GUITAR            KEYBOARDS
            
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D     -  x  x  0  2  3  2      D    A-D-F#
A     -  x  0  2  2  2  0      A    A-C#-E
Bm    -  x  2  4  4  3  2      B    B-D-F#
G     -  3  2  0  0  3  3      G    B-D-G
Ds2   -  x  x  0  2  3  0      D    A-D-E
Ds4   -  x  x  0  2  3  3      D    A-D-G
As2   -  x  0  2  2  0  0      A    A-B-E
As4   -  x  0  2  2  3  0      A    A-D-E
F     -  1  3  3  2  1  1      F    A-C-F
Bb    -  x  1 
C     -  x  3 
Bb/D  -  x  x 

 3  3  3  1   
 2  0  1  0   
 0  3  3  1   

   Bb   Bb-D-F
   C    G-C-E
   D    Bb-D-F

INTRO: [10 M] ** KEY = 'D' -
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          I go

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t my first… re

              
al… six-… stri

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ng,…

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…   bought… it

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 at the five… 

              
and… dime,…   

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    played… it

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 'til my

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 fin-… gers… b

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led,…       wa

              
s the sum-mer 

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of… six-… ty… 

          |
nine…

VERSE #1: [22 M]
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     Me and… s

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ome guys… from

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… school…     

              
 had a band… a

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nd we

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 tried… real… 

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hard…      Jim

              
-my quit,…  an

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d Jo-dy got… m

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ar-… ried…

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… I should-a k

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nown…  we'd ne

              
v-er get… far…

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         Oh, w

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hen I

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 look back… no

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w,…       that

              
 sum-… mer see

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med to last… f

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or-… ev-… er,…

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    and… if… I

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 had… the choi

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ce,…        ye

              
ah,… I'd al-wa

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ys wan-… na… b

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e… there…

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…   Those… wer

      |      
e… the best… d

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ays… of… my… l

      |…    |
ife…

|As2     |…  As2  |

VERSE #2: [22 M]
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    Ain't… no…

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 use in… com-p

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lain-… in'…   

             
   when you go

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t… a job… to… 

      |
do…

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   Spent my ev

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e-nin's… down…

             
 at… the drive

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-… in,…    and

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 that's when…

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 I… met… you… 

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      Stand-in

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' on your ma-m

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a's… porch,…

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   you told… m

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e that you'd w

              
ait… for-… ev-

     |      
… er…    Oh,… 

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and when you

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 held… my hand

      |      
,…       I kne

              
w… that it was

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 now… or… nev-

     |
… er…

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…   Those… wer

      |      
e… the best… d

            |
ays… of… my… l

      |…
ife…          

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    Oh,… yeah…

|     |
              

…           
 Back in the s

       |
um-mer of…

CHORUS #1: [4 M]
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|         
 six-… ty nine

   |…   |     |…    |
    Oh…

BRIDGE: [8 M] ** KEY = 'F' -
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    Man,… we w

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ere… kil-lin'…

              
 time,… we wer

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e… young… and 

              
rest-… less,… 

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we

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 need-ed… to… 

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un-wind…      

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I guess… noth-

              
in' can last… 

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for-… ev-…

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…-er,…    for-

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… ev-… er,…   

     |
no…

INTERLUDE: [8 M] ** KEY = 'D' -
---------

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…       |     |…    |     |…    |
        Yeah…

|As2     |…  As2  |

VERSE #3: [22 M]
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     And… now…

  |…       
 the times… ar

          
e… chang-… in'

 |        
…   look at ev

           
-'ry-thing tha

   |
t's

|…         
 come… and… go

   |    
ne…        Som

           
e-times when I

|…           
 play that old

          
… six-… string

 |
…

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  I think a-bo

           
ut you, won-de

 |…          
r what… went… 

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wrong…      St

              
and-in' on you

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r

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 ma-ma's… porc

      |      
h,…      you t

              
old… me that i

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t'd last… for-

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… ev-… er…

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    Oh,… and w

       |     
hen you held… 

             |
my hand,…     

             
  I knew… that

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 it was

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 now… or… nev-

     |      
… er…    Those

           | 
… were… the be

              
st… days… of… 

   |      |
my… life…

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      Oh,… yea

 |     
h…            

|…           
  Back in the 

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sum-mer of…

CHORUS #2: [24 or 26 M] 'CODA' (Since the Orig. fades out, you can end it on
---------                       the last 'A', or come back around to the 'D'.)

|         
 six-… ty nine

   |…  
…           Uh

     |   
,… huh…       

  |…      
       It was 

          
the sum-mer of

 |
…

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 six-… ty nine

   |…  
…           Oh

      |  
,… yeah…      

   |…      
       Me and 

         |
my ba-… by in…

|         
 six-… ty nine

   |…   |    
    Oh…       

 |…     |
           Oh…

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 …            

…        
     It was th

 |        
e sum-mer,…   

 |…       
     sum-mer,…

          
 the sum-mer o

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f…

|         
 six-… ty nine

   |…   |      |…    |
     Hey…

|Ds2     |…  Ds2  |       |       |       |       |

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