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#
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
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