Sumit's Acoustic Guitar Tabs

SUMMER OF '69 (Bryan Adams)

The verses are just D A D A ... as many as needed with the change occurring on every second bar. There is an additional two bars of D at the start as well. The way to play it is something like this: D. . . . . . . . D. . . . . . . . |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-3-----3---------|-----------------||-3-----3---------|-------------3---| |-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----||-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| |-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| |-----------------|-------------0---||-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------| A. . . . . . . . |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|| repeat last 4 bars throughout |-2-----2---------|-------------2---|| verses. |-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|| |-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| |-----------------|-----------------|| The dots show the beat. Use moderate amounts of overdrive, and mute the 2's with your palm to get the distinctive percussive sound. 0 The Chorus chords are |Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A| (I use B instead of Bm) use standard open A,D, and G and a barred A shape for B. The keyboard riff is sort of an arpegiated D and A ie. D A |-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------| |---3-----3-----3-|-----3-----------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0----2---| |-----2-----2-----|-2-----2---2---2-|---2-----2-----3-|-----2------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2----2---2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| This sounds a bit messy with overdrive, so play it clean, or (even easier) just play the melody part (which is mainly what you hear on the CD anyway) e|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------| b|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2----| ======================================================================= D* is the progression: Dsus - D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus - D (arpeggiated) A* is the progression: Asus - A - Asus4 - A - Asus - A (arpeggiated) Intro: D* A* D* A* D* A* i got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime D* A* played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69 D* A* me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard D* A* jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far Bm A D G oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever Bm A D G and if i had the choice - ya i'd always wanna be there Bm A D* A* those were the best days of my life D* A* ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do D* A* spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya Bm A D G standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever Bm A D G and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never Bm A D* A* D* A* those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 F Bb man we were killin' time C Bb we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind F Bb C i guess nothing can last forever... D* A* D* A* D* and now the times are changin' A* look at everything that's come and gone D* sometimes when i play my old six string A* i think about you wonder what went wrong Bm A D G standing on your manna's porch - you told me it'd last forever Bm A D G and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never Bm A D* A* D* A* those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69 continue on D* A* Chords: Bm - x24432 A - x02220 G - 320033 or 320003 D - xx0232 F - 133211 Bb - x13331 C - x32010
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