Summer of 69 Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Summer of 69 chord chart by Bryan Adams. This really is a great tune. The chords are A, D, G, Bm and F which makes this songs a little more intermediate level only because of the barre chords.
There’s also a killer key change with a Bb in the Bridge.
If you play this on an electric guitar, you can eliminate the barre chord by playing all power chords which sounds really great through an amp with a little distortion.
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Summer of 69 Strumming Patterns:
Easier Strumming:
1 2 3+ 4 +
D D DU D U
Accented Syncopated Strumming:
> > >
1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
DD DD DD DD
You can always do all down strums without the accents, if you like. But I really like the accented rhythm as it fits the songs well. Accents are on the 1, the + after 2 and the 4.
To learn more about syncopated strumming, try Lauren’s Strumming Course
Summer of 69 Guitar Lesson:
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Summer of 69 Chord Chart:
Intro: D D
Verse:
D D
I got my first real six-string
A A
Bought it at the five and dime
D D
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A A
Was the summer of '69
D D
Me and some guys from school
A A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D D
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A A
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Chorus:
Bm A
Oh, when I look back now
D G
That summer seemed to last forever
Bm A
And if I had the choice
D G
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Bm A (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
D D A A
Verse:
D D
Ain't no use in complaining
A A
When you got a job to do
D D
Spent my evenings down at the drive in
A A
And that's when I met you
Chorus:
Bm A
Standin' on your mama's porch
D G
You told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A
Oh, and when you held my hand
D G
I knew that it was now or never
Bm A (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
D D A A D D A A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
Bridge:
F Bb
Man, we were killing time
C Bb
We were young and restless We needed to unwind
F Bb C C
I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no
Interlude:
D D A A D D A A
Verse:
D D
And now the times are changing
A A
Look at everything that's come and gone
D D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A A
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Chorus:
Bm A
Standing on your mama's porch
D G
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 (hold)
Those were the best days of my life
D D A A D D A A
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
D D A A D D A A
D D A A D D A A D (hold)
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