Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it 'til 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
I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
I spent my evenings 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
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah
Back in the summer of '69, oh
Man, we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothing can last forever
Forever, no
Yeah

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

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah
Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh
It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah
Me and my baby in '69, oh, oh
It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
(Yeah)

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

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

Bm                   A
    Oh, when I look back now
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    That summer seemed to last forever
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    And if I had the choice
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    Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
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    Those were the best days of my life
 
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    Ain't no use in complainin'
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    When you got a job to do
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    Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
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    And that's when I met you, yeah

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

F                            Bb
   Man, we were killin' time
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We were young and restless
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We needed to unwind
F                  Bb                         C      
   I guess nothin' can last forever, 
      C
forever no

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

Bm                                 A
    Standin' on your mama's porch
D                                            G
    You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm                                A
    Oh, and when you held my hand
D                                    G
    I knew that it was now or never
Bm                             A                         D
    Those were the best days of my life
D              A        
         Oh yeah        
                                          D           A
Back in the summer of '69     Uh-huh

                                          D             A
Back in the summer of '69.    Oh yeah
                                    D                 A
Me and my baby in '69.       Yeahhhhhhh
D                           
         It was the summer, 
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summer, summer of '69
  A    
Yeah

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