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From: [email protected]
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
