
Summer of ’69
Bryan Adams
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Tom:
[Intro] D5
[Primeira Parte]
D5
I got my first real six string
A5
Bought it at the five & dime
D5
Played it til my fingers bled
A5
Was the summer of sixty nine
D5
Me and some guys from school
A5
Had a band and we tried real hard
D5
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A5
Should've known we'd never get far
[Refrão 1]
Bm A
Oh, when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A D A
Those were the best days of my life
[Segunda Parte]
D5
Ain't no use complaining
A5
When you've gotta job to do
D5
Spent my evenings down at the drive in
A5
And that's when I met you, yeah
[Refrão 2]
Bm A
Standing on your mamma's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
And when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D A
Those were the best days of my life
D A
Back in the summer of 'sixty nine
[Ponte]
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C
We were young and reckless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothing can last forever
( D A D A )
[Terceira Parte]
D5
And now the times are changin'
A5
Look at everything that's come and gone
D5
Sometimes when I play that old six string
A5
I think about you wonder what went wrong
[Refrão 3]
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me it'd last forever
[Próxima Parte]
[Final] D A D A
D A D A
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