Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams

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VERSE 1
D                               A
I got my first real six-string  Bought it at the five-and-dime
D                               A
Played it till my fingers bled  It was the summer of '69

VERSE 2
D                                A
Me and some guys from school    Had a band and we tried real hard
D                                A
Jimmy quit and Jody got married  I shoulda known we'd never get far

BRIDGE 1
Bm           A                  D                    G
Oh when I  look back now       That summer seemed to last forever
Bm        A                     D             G
And if I had the choice        Ya I'd always wanna be there
Bm              A                D   (PROG 1)(PROG 2)
Those were the best days of my life

VERSE 3
D                                A
Ain't no use in complainin'     When you got a job to do
D                                        A
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in   And that's when I met you

BRIDGE 2
Bm                 A           D                        G
Standin' on your Mama's porch   You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm                 A          D                    G
Oh and when you held my hand    I knew that it was now or never
Bm              A               D       (PROG 1)(PROG 2)
Those were the best days of my life  Back in the summer of '69

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

(PROG 1)(PROG 2)
VERSE 4
D (PROG 1)                      A (PROG 2)
And now the times are changin'   Look at everything that's come and gone
D (PROG 1)                                A(PROG 2)
Sometimes when I play that old six-string  I think about ya wonder what went wrong

BRIDGE 3
Bm                 A           D                        G
Standin' on your Mama's porch   You told me it would last forever
Bm               A           D                    G
Oh the way you held my hand   I knew that it was now or never
Bm              A               D     (PROG 1)(PROG 2) TO END
Those were the best days of my life  Back in the summer of '69