Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69

[intro]
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[verse 1]
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   I got my first real six-string
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   Bought it at the five-and-dime
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   Played it 'til my fingers bled
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   It was the summer of '69

[verse 2]
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   Me and some guys from school
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   Had a band and we tried real hard
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   Jimmy quit, Joey got married
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   I shoulda known we'd never get far

[chorus 1]
Bm             A
    Oh, when I look back now
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    That summer seemed to last forever
Bm           A
    And if I had the choice
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    Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm                 A
    Those were the best days of my life

[instrumental]
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[verse 3]
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    Ain't no use in complainin'
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    When you got a job to do
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    Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
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    And that's when I met you

[chorus 2]
Bm                   A
    Standin' on your mama's porch
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    You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm                   A
    Oh, and when you held my hand
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    I knew that it was now or never
Bm                 A               D
    Those were the best days of my life
     A                               D       A
Oh yeah        Back in the summer of '69     Ohhh

[bridge]
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   Man, we were killin' time
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We were young and restless
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We needed to unwind
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   I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

[instrumental]
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[verse 4]
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   And now the times are changin'
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   Look at everything that's come and gone
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   Sometimes when I play that old six-string
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   I think about you, wonder what went wrong

[chorus 3]
Bm                   A
    Standin' on your mama's porch
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    You told me that it'd last forever
Bm                   A
    Oh, and when you held my hand
D                      G
    I knew that it was now or never
Bm                 A               D
    Those were the best days of my life

[outro]
             A                               D         A
Oh yeah        Back in the summer of '69     Uh-huh
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Back in the summer of '69  oh yeah    Uh-huh
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