#
From: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz

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----|

For the key change after the second chorus, the chords are:
|F|Bb|C|Bb|F|Bb|C|C|  again use the barred A shape for Bb and C.
That's about all for Summer of '69#

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 21:16:52 +0000 (GMT)
From: Jonathan Nott 
Subject: Chords: Summer of '69 UNPLUGGED by Bryan Adams
 (summer_of_69_unplugged.crd)

Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams (as played on 'Unplugged')
Transcribed by Jon Nott 

  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

jon@fatal-design.com
[st relics] http://www.fatal.ne 

 Summer of 69
Bryan Adams

Intro/1st Verse
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7------------------------------7---7-----------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------7---7------------7---7------------|
D|-7---7------------7---7-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Me and some guys from...)
e|--2~--|--0~--|--2~--|--0~--|
B|--3~--|--2~--|--3~--|--2~--|
G|--2~--|--2~--|--2~--|--2~--|
D|--0~--|--2~--|--0~--|--2~--|
A|------|--0~--|------|--0~--|
E|------|------|------|------|


Pre Chorus (When I look back now...)
Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--2--2-2--2-2-2-2------------------------------------|
G|--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--7--7-7--7-7-7-7-------------------|
D|--4--4-4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--7--7-7--7-7-7-7--5--5-5--5-5-7-7--|
A|--2--2-2--2-2-2-2--0--0-0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-5-7-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------3--3-3--3-3-5-5--|

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------2-2--------------3-3--------|
B|-------3-3---------------2-2------------3-----3---3------3-----3------|
G|-----4-----4---4-------2-----2---2----2---------2------0--------------|
D|---4---------4-------2---------2----0------------------------------2--|
A|-2-----------------0---------------------------------------------0----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------3----------------|


Chorus
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

Guitar 2
e|-0-----2-----3-------2-----0----2------------------------------------|
B|---3-----3-----3-------3-----------0------2-----3------2-----0---2---|
G|-----2-----2-------2-----2---2-------2------2-----2------2-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------2------2-----2---2-----|
A|----------------------------------------2----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge (yeah we were killing time...)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------3---3-3---3--5---5-5---5--3---3-3---3---|
D|-3---3-3---3--3---3-3---3--5---5-5---5--3---3-3---3---|
A|-3---3-3---3--1---1-1---1--3---3-3---3--1---1-1---1---|
E|-1---1-1---1------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------3---3-3---3--5---5-5---5--5---5-5---5---|
D|-3---3-3---3--3---3-3---3--5---5-5---5--5---5-5---5---|
A|-3---3-3---3--1---1-1---1--3---3-3---3--3---3-3---3---|
E|-1---1-1---1------------------------------------------|


2nd Bridge
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7~------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7~--------------------------------7~--------------------------------|
A|-5~--------------------------------7~--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------5~--------------------------------|

e|-0-----2-----3-------2-----0----2------------------------------------|
B|---3-----3-----3-------3-----------0------2-----3------2-----0---2---|
G|-----2-----2-------2-----2---2-------2------2-----2------2-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------2------2-----2---2-----|
A|----------------------------------------2----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro Solo
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------5/7-----7--75----(5)----(5)----(5)--7^--7---7^---(7)-|
G|-7------(7)----(7)-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------10-10-----10----10---(10)--|
B|-10----10-(10)--------10----10----(10)----12-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12^-12^-12^-12--(12)--------(12)-----14^------14^-(14)-----14-(14)--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-14---14^--14-14-----14/12-12-(12)----12------(12)-12-------12-14-12/10--|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------14---14------14----14/12----1214-12----12---1214--|
B|-15-----15-(15)---15-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-12----12---1214-12/10---10---|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------| 

 Bryan Adams

Summer Of '69

                                                                               
G||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E||------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|


                                                                            
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------------------|------------------|----------------------|
------------------|------------------|--------5--4----------|
------------------|------------------|--------------0----0--|
------------------|------------------|----------------------|


                                                                       
-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
--2------2----2--2--2--|--0------0----0--2--4--|--5------5------------|
-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------0--4----|


                                                                       
----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------2-----|
-----------------0----|--2------2----2--2--2--|--0------0----0-----0--|
--5--------5--5-------|-----------------------|-----------------------|


                                                                      
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
--5------5------------|-----------------0----|--2------2----2--2--2--|
--------------0--4----|--5------4--5---------|-----------------------|


                                                                       
-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--0----------------|-------------------5----|-------------------------|
-------------------|--0----0--0--0--0-------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--4/---|


                                                                            
-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|--------------------------|----------------------|
-------------------------|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--0------0--0------0--|


                                                                     
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|--0------0--0------0--|--0------0--0----0----|
--0------0--0----4/---|----------------------|----------------------|


                                                                     
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|-----------------7----|
----------------------|----------------------|--0------0--0---------|
--0------0--0------0--|--0------0--0----4/---|----------------------|


                                                                       
---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
--------5/-7---------|-----------------------|------------------2-----|
------------------0--|--2------2--2----2--2--|--0------0--0--0-----0--|
---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|


                                                                   
---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
--5------------------|-------------------0--|--2------2--2--------|
-------------0--4----|--5----------4--5-----|---------------------|


                                                                        
------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
---------------2--4--2--|-----------------------|----------------------|
--0------0--0-----------|--5------5--5----------|-----------------0----|
------------------------|---------------0--4----|--5--------5--5-------|


                                                                      
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
--2--------2--2--2----|--0------------12---|-------------------5----|
----------------------|---------------------|--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--4/---|-------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                                              
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|--5----------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|-------------------------|


                                                                               
--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
--0--0/-12--12--12--12--12--12--|---------------------|--1------1--1--1--1----|
--------------------------------|--3------3--3--------|-----------------------|


                                                                     
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
--3------3--3----3----|----5--5----5----1----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|--3------3--3----3----|


                                                                               
----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
--1------1--1----1----|--3------3--3----3/---|--15--15--15--15--15--15--12---|
----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|


                                                                               
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|--0----------------|------------------|
--0----------------|--------------4/---|-------------------|------------------|


                                                            
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|--0----------------|
--0----------------|--------------4/---|-------------------|


                                                                     
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------12----12---|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|--0------0--0------0--|--0------0--0----4/---|


                                                                     
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
--0------0--0------0--|--0------0--0----0----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|--0------0--0------0--|


                                                                    
----------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
----------------------|-----------------7----|--------5/-7---------|
----------------------|--0------0--0---------|------------------0--|
--0------0--0----4/---|----------------------|---------------------|


                                                                       
-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
-----------------------|------------------2-----|---------------------|
--2------2--2----2--2--|--0------0--0--0-----0--|--5------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------|-------------0--4----|


                                                                      
----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|---------------2--4--2--|
-------------------0--|--2------2--2--------|--0------0--0-----------|
--5----------4--5-----|---------------------|------------------------|


                                                                      
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
--5------5--5----------|-----------------0----|--2--------2--2--2----|
---------------0--4----|--5--------5--5-------|----------------------|


                                                                         
---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
--0------------12---|-------------------5----|-------------------------|
---------------------|--0----0--0--0--0-------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--4/---|


                                                                               
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|


                                                                              
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--5----------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------|
-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|-------------------------|--------------------7---|


                                                                              
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|--5----------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|-------------------------|


                                                                               
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
--0--0--0--0-----0--------|-------------------------|--5----------------------|
--------------4-----4--2--|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|


                                                                          
--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
--0----0/-12--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--12-------|---------------------|
--------------------------|------------------------|--0------0--0--------|


                                                                           
-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
--5----------------------|--0------0--0--------|--0------0/-12--12--12---|
-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|---------------------|--------------------------|


                                                                              
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|--5----------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|
--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|-------------------------|


                                                            
---------------------------------|-------------------------|
---------------------------------|-------------------------|
--0/-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|-------------------------|
---------------------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|


                                                                                
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
--5----------------------|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
-----0--0--0--0--0--4/---|-------------------------|--------------------------||

 

 
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz

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----|

For the key change after the second chorus, the chords are:
|F|Bb|C|Bb|F|Bb|C|C|  again use the barred A shape for Bb and C.
That's about all for Summer of '69
 

 CAPO 2 
  
 C                     
I got my first real six-string 
 G  
Bought it at the five-and-dime 
 C  
Played 'til my fingers bled 
 G  
It was summer of '69 
 
 C  
Me and some guys from school 
 G  
Had a Band and we tried real hard 
 C  
Jimmy quit and Jody got married 
 G  
I shualda known we'd never get far 
 
 Am          G  
Oh when I look back now 
 C               F  
That  seemes to last forever 
 Am            G  
And if I had the choice 
 C                 F  
Ya - I'd always wanna be there 
 Am                 G  
Those were the best days of my life 
 
C – G   
 
 C  
Ain't no use in complainin' 
 G  
When you got a job to do 
 C  
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in 
 G  
And that's when I met you 
  
 Am            G  
Standin on a mama's porch 
 C                             F  
You told me that you'd wait forever 
 Am                     G  
Oh and when you held my hand 
  
 C                    F  
I knew that it was now or never 
 Am                 G  
Those were the best days of my life 
 
 C          G                 C – G      
(Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ 
  
 C  
And now the times are changin' 
 G  
Look at everything that's come and gone 
 C  
Somethimes when I play that old six-string 
 G  
I think about ya wonder what went wrong 
 
 Am            G  
Standin on a mama's porch 
 C                             F  
You told me that you'd wait forever 
 Am                     G  
Oh and when you held my hand 
 
 C                    F  
I knew that it was now or never 
 Am                 G  
Those were the best days of my life 
 
Outro: C - G - C - G