Artist:Bryan Adams
Key: D Major (D E F# G A B C# D)
Time Signature: 4/4
BPM: 139
Intro
| D - - - | - - - - | (2x)
D (2)
I got my first real six-string
A (2)
Bought it at the five-and-dime
D (2)
Played it 'til my fingers bled
A (2)
Was the summer of '69
D (2)
Me and some guys from school
A (2)
Had a band and we tried real hard
D (2)
Jimmy quit, Joey got married
A (2)
Should have know we'd never get far
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 want to be there
Bm A
Those were the best days of my life
| D - - - | - - - - | A - - - | - - - - |
D (2)
Ain't no use in complainin'
A (2)
When you've got a job to do
D (2)
Spent my evenings down at the drive-in
A (2)
And that's when I met you, yeah!
Bm A
Standing 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
Those were the best days of my life
D (2) A (2) D (2) A (2)
Oh, yeah! Back in the summer of '69 Ooooh!
F Bb
Man, we were killing time
C Bb
We were young and restless, we needed to unwind
F Bb C (2)
I guess nothing can last forever, forever no!
| D - - - | - - - - | A - - - | - - - - | (2x)
D (2)
And now the times are changing
A (2)
Look at everything that's come and gone
D (2)
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A (2)
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Bm A
Standing on your mama's porch
D G
You told me 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
Those were the best days of my life
D (2) A (2) D (2) A (2)
Oh, yeah! Back in the summer of '69 Uh-huh
| D - - - | - - - - | A - - - | - - - - | (4x)
This is my interpretation of this song. It is intended only for educational purposes.