Bryan Adams — Summer Of ’69

 Intro/verse:
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Chorus (strum pattern not included):
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COOL RIFF afer "those were the best days of my life":
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Bridge(strum pattern not shown):
"we were killing time"
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Cool little solo deal:
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Outro(played over chords)(fades out as song ends):
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Order:

intro
verse
chrous
COOL RIFF
verse
Chorus
COOL RIFF
Bridge
Solo deal
Chorus
Outro

Verse 1: D I got my first real six-string A Bought it at the five-and-dime D Played 'til my fingers bled A It was summer of '69 Chorus 1: D Me and some guys from school A Had a Band and we tried real hard D Jimmy quit and Jody got married A I shualda known we'd never get far Bm A Oh when I look back now D G That was seemes to last forever Bm A And if I had the choice D G Ya - I'd always wanna be there Bm A Those were the best days of my life D – A Verse 2: D Ain't no use in complainin' A When you got a job to do D Spent my evenin's down at the drive in A And that's when I met you Chorus 2: Bm A Standin on a mama's porch D G You told me that you'd wait forever Bm A Oh and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A Those were the best days of my life D A D – A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ Bridge: F A# Man we were killin' time C We were young and restless A# We needed to unwind F A# C I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no D – A D – A Verse 3: D And now the times are changin' A Look at everything that's come and gone D Somethimes when I play that old six-string A I think about ya wonder what went wrong Chorus 3: Bm A Standin on a mama's porch D G You told me that you'd wait forever Bm A Oh and when you held my hand D G I knew that it was now or never Bm A Those were the best days of my life Outro: D A D – A (Oh yeah) Back in the summer of 69’ D – A (All the way to the end)