My favourite summer song, ha ha ha, from high school years, 1984 my graduating year to be exact. Warm fuzzy feelings and all that, and a hit by a Canadian performer no less, making it all the more special to us. Of course, many players like to substitute the words “four-string” for the lyrics “six-string” when playing this on the ukulele. Bryan Adams classic.
Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams
Intro C C G G C C G G*
*Substitute G7 for G if preferred.
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[C] I got my first real six string – [G] bought it at the five & dime.
[C] Played it ‘til my fingers bled – [G] was the summer of ’69.
[C] Me and some guys from school, [G] had a band and we tried real hard.
[C] Jimmy quit and Jody got married – [G] shoulda known, we’d never get far.
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Chorus:
[Dm] Ohhhh, when I [G7] look back now –[C] that summer seemed to
[F] last for ever.
[Dm] And if I [G7] had the choice –[C] yeah, I’d always [F] wanna be there.
[Dm] Those were the [G7] best days of my [C] life.
Oh, [G7] Yeah!
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[C] Ain’t no use complaining, [G] when ya got a job to do.
[C] Spent my evenings down at the drive-in, [G] and that’s when I met you – Yeah!
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Chorus:
[Dm] Standing on your [G7] mama’s porch, [C] you told me that you’d [F] wait forever.
[Dm] And when I [G7] held your hand, [C] I knew that it was [F] now or never.
[Dm] Those were the [G7] best days of my [C] life.
Back in the summer of [G7] ’69!
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Bridge:
[F] Man, we were [C] killin’ time – we were [Bb] young and reckless,
we [G] needed to un-[F] wind!
I guess [Bb] nothing can last [C] forever – Forever! OH!
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[C] And now the times are changin’, [G] look at everything that’s come and gone.
[C] Sometimes when I play my old six string, [G] I think about you wonder what went
wrong.
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Chorus:
[Dm] Standing on your [G7] mama’s porch, [C] you told me it would [F] last forever.
[Dm] And when I [G7] held your hand, [C] I knew that it was [F]now or never.
[Dm] Those were the [G7] best days of my [C] life.
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Back in the summer of [G] ’69!
Oh, [C] whoa. Back in the summer of [G] ’69!
Oh, [C] yeah. Back in the summer of [G] ’69! Oh, [C] yeah…..
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