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Summer of '69 chords

Bryan Adams · 139 BPM

NowCapo 5

A

then E

A✕123
AI got my first real Esix-string
EBought it at the five and Adime
APlayed it 'til my fingers Ebled
EWas the summer of A'69
AMe and some guys from Eschool
EHad a band and we tried real Ahard
AJimmy quit and Jody got married
AI Eshould've known we'd never F#mget far
F#mOh, when EI look back Anow
AThat summer Dseemed to last F#mforever
F#mAnd if I Ehad the Achoice
AYeah, I'd Dalways wanna be F#mthere
F#mThose Ewere Athe best Edays of my Alife
AAin't no use in Ecomplainin'
EWhen you got a job to do
EI Aspent my evenings down at the Edrive-in
EAnd that's when I met you, F#myeah!
F#mStandin' on Eyour mama's porch
EAYou told me that Dyou'd wait F#mforever
F#mOh, and when Eyou held my hand
EI Aknew that it Dwas now or F#mnever
F#mThose were Ethe best Adays of my life
AOh, Eyeah
EBack in Athe summer Eof '69, oh
CMan, we were Fkillin' time
FWe were young Gand restless
GWe Fneeded to Cunwind
CI guess Fnothing can last Gforever
GAForever, no
EAEYeah
EAAnd now the times are changin'
AELook at everything that's come and gone
EASometimes when I play that old six-string
AI Ethink about you, wonder what went wrong
EF#mStandin' on your Emama's porch
EYou Atold me that Dit'd last forever
DF#mOh, and when you Eheld my hand
EI Aknew that it was Dnow or never
DF#mThose were Ethe best Adays of my life
AOh, Eyeah
EBack in the Asummer of '69, Euh-huh
EIt was the Asummer of '69, oh, Eyeah
EMe and Amy baby Ein '69, Aoh, oh
AIt was Ethe summer, summer, Asummer of '69
A(Yeah)

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EE231

Then

AEA
Key, capo and speedOriginal key · Capo 5 · 1x
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All chords in this song (7)
A✕123
E231
F#m2fr134111
D✕✕132
C✕321
F134211
G213

Key D major · Capo 5 · ~139 BPM

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How to play Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 5 you play A, E, F#m, D, C, F and more, the shapes the player above shows.

The chart has four main chords: A, D, Bm and G. It also catches A#, C and F in passing, and you can leave those out at first. Bm is a barre chord. The others are open shapes. The change you will play most is A to D, 23 times in the chart, so practise that one first. It runs at about 139 beats a minute.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.

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