🎸 Summer Of 69 tab by Bryan Adams (Ver. 2)

Time:  4/4
Tempo: Q=140

Fingerstyle version with accompaniment and melody/harmony elements.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Sequence: StartVerse, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge, Interlude/Bridge, Verse/Chorus/Bridge

StartVerse:
  D
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        I  got my      first  real  six   string,
          played it till my fingers   bled,

  A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---| 2x
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
          bought it at the five  &    dime,
    't was the summer of    '69

Verse:
  D                                  A
E|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|-0-------------------0-----------|
B|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|-----2-------2---------------2---|
D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
        Me   and some   guys  from school          had a band and we
        Ain't  no      use   complaining,               when ya gotta
        And   now the    times are changin'          look at everything that's

                   D
E|-2-------0-------0---------------|---------------------------------|-------------2-------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-3-----------3-------------------|-3-------------------3-----------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2---------------2-------2---|-----2-----------------------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  tried  real  hard.               Jimmy quit and  Jody  got married,
  job   to   do.                Spent my evenings down at the drive  in,
  come  and   gone,               Sometimes when i play my old six   string

  A
E|-0-------------------0-----------|-2-------0-------0---------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----2-------2---------------2---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      shoulda   known we'd  never  get   far.
        and that's when   I    met   you.
    I  think a-bout you wonder  what  went  wrong.

Chorus:

  Bm                      A           D
E|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|------2---2-------2--------|
B|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|------3---3-------3--------|
G|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|------2---------------2----|
D|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|-0------------0------------|
A|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
        Oh when I      look back  now,    that      summer   seemed to
        Standing on your   ma- ma's  porch    you      told me   that you'd

  A  G        Bm                      A
E|-5----3---------0----|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
B|-0----0----3----0----|-3-----------3-------------------|-2---3---------------------------|
G|-----------0---------|-----4---------------4-------4---|---------------------2-------2---|
D|------0---------0----|---------4---------------4-------|---------4---------------2-------|
A|---------------------|-2---------------2---------------|-2---------------0---------------|
E|-5---------3---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  last for e- ver.         and if I       had the choice,
  wait for e- ver.         and when I      held your hand,

  D              A  G        Bm          A
E|------2---2-------2--------|-5----3---------0----|---------------------|-----------0---------|
B|------3---3-------3--------|-0----0----3----0----|------3----3----3----|-2----3----2----2----|
G|------2---------------2----|-----------0---------|------4----4----4----|-2----2----2----2----|
D|-0------------0------------|------0---------0----|------4---------4----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------------|---------------------|-2---------2---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------------|-5---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
    I'd al-   ways    wanna   be  there.   Those were the  best days of  my life.
    I knew that it was   now or  never.      Those were the  best days of  my life.

Bridge:
  D
E|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
B|-----3---------------3-------3---|-------------3-------3-------3---|
G|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
D|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Oh   yeah!
    Back in the summer of    '69.

  A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0-----------2-----------3-------|-----2-----------0-------2-------|
G|-----2---------------2-------2---|-------------2-------2-------2---| 2x
D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|
A|-0---------------0---------------|-0---------------0---------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Interlude:
  F            Bb            C            Bb
E|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
B|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-6----6---6--------6----|
G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|-7----7---7--------7----|
D|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|------8------------8----|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-6------------6---------|
    Man   we were     killin' time,      we were young and    reckless.

  F            Bb            C
E|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-10--8-------10--8---------|
B|-1----1---1--------1----|-6----6---6--------6----|-8----8---8--------8----|-8-----------8-------------|
G|-2----2---2--------2----|-7----7---7--------7----|-9----9---9--------9----|---------9------------9----|
D|------3------------3----|------8------------8----|------10-----------10---|---------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-1------------1---------|-6------------6---------|-8------------8---------|-8---------------8---------|