Bryan Adams — Summer Of 69 (ver 2) Tab
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From: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
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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