Bryan Adams – Summer Of 69 (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Summer Of 69 Artist: Bryan Adams Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=140 Fingerstyle version with accompaniment and melody/harmony elements. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Sequence: StartVerse, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Interlude/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge
[StartVerse]
   D
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
               I   got my            first   real    six     string, 
                   played it till my fingers     bled,       

   A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|  2x
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                   bought it at the  five    &       dime,
        't was the summer  of        '69

[Verse]
   D                                                                   A
E|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|-0-------------------0-----------|
B|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-------2---------------2---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
               Me      and some      guys    from school                   had a band  and  we 
               Ain't   no            use     complaining,                              when ya gotta 
               And     now the       times are changin'                    look at everything that's 

                                     D
E|-2-------0-------0---------------|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   tried   real    hard.                             Jimmy quit  and   Jody    got married, 
   job     to      do.                               Spent my evenings down at the drive   in, 
   come    and     gone,                             Sometimes when i play my old  six     string

   A
E|-0-------------------0-----------|-2-------0-------0---------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2---------------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
           shoulda     known we'd    never   get     far.
               and  that's when      I       met     you.       
       I   think a-bout you wonder   what    went    wrong.
[Chorus]
   Bm                                            A                     D
E|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|------2---2-------2--------|
B|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|------3---3-------3--------|
G|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|------2---------------2----|
D|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|-0------------0------------|
A|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
               Oh  when I            look back   now,        that           summer      seemed to 
               Standing on your      ma- ma's    porch       you            told me     that you'd 

   A    G                Bm                                            A
E|-5----3---------0----|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
B|-0----0----3----0----|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|
G|-----------0---------|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|
D|------0---------0----|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|
A|---------------------|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|
E|-5---------3---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   last for  e-  ver.                 and if I             had the choice,   
   wait for  e-  ver.                 and when I           held your hand,

   D                           A    G                Bm                   A
E|------2---2-------2--------|-5----3---------0----|---------------------|-----------0---------|
B|------3---3-------3--------|-0----0----3----0----|------3----3----3----|-2----3----2----2----|
G|------2---------------2----|-----------0---------|------4----4----4----|-2----2----2----2----|
D|-0------------0------------|------0---------0----|------4---------4----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------|-2---------2---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------------|-5---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
        I'd al-     ways       wanna     be   there.      Those were the   best days of   my  life.
        I knew that it was     now  or   never.           Those were the   best days of   my  life.

[Bridge]    
   D
E|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
B|-----3---------------3-------3---|-------------3-------3-------3---|
G|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
D|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
       Oh      yeah!
       Back in the summer  of        '69.      

   A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-------------2-------2-------2---|  2x
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

[Interlude]
   F                        Bb                       C                        Bb
E|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
B|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|-7----7---7--------7----|
D|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|------8------------8----|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-6------------6---------|
        Man     we  were         killin' time,            we were young and        reckless.

   F                        Bb                       C
E|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-10--8-------10--8---------|
B|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-8-----------8-------------|
G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|---------9------------9----|
D|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|---------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-8---------------8---------|
        We needed to un-    wind.        I    guess       nothing      can    last    for- ever.