Guitar chord Summer of 69

Summer of 69 was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. It is often interpreted as a nostalgic look back at the 1960s, but Vallance has revealed that 69 in the title refers more to a sexual position than to the year. Adams, on the other hand, has mentioned in interviews that the song does indeed refer to the summer of 1969, a significant time in his life.

Key:  D
Introduction:
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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

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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, Jody got married
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   I shoulda known we'd never get far

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

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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, yeah

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

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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

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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

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

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         Oh yeah        Back in the summer of '69     Uh-huh
                      
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It was the summer of '69.    Oh yeah
                   
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Me and my baby in '69.       Ohhhhh, oh
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         It was the summer, summer, summer of '69
  
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Yeah
(Fade out)