Sumit's Acoustic Guitar Tabs
SUMMER OF '69 (Bryan Adams)
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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----|
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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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