Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

Chords: Bm     - x24432A      - x02220G      - 320033 or 320003D      - xx0232F      - 133211Bb     - x13331C      - x32010

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  i got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime

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  played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69

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  me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard

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  jimmy quit and jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far

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  oh when i look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever

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  and if i had the choice - ya 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 complaining - when ya gotta job to do

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  spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when i met you - ya

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  standing on your mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever

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  and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never

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  those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69

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  man we were killin' time

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  we were young and reckless - we needed to unwind

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  i guess nothing can last forever...

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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 my old six string

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  i think about you wonder what went wrong

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  standing on your manna's porch - you told me it'd last forever

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  and when i held your hand - i knew that it was now or never