---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Eric Kocher Email: [email protected] Tuning: Standard. e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I got my first real six string" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Bought it at the five-and-dime" e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Played it 'till my fingers bled" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "It was the summer of sixty-nine" e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Me and some guys from school" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "We had a band and we tried real hard" e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Jimmy quit, Jody got married" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I shoulda known, we'd never get far" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "But when I look back now" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "That summer seemed to last forever" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "And if I had the choice" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "Yeah, I'd always want to be there" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------2~------------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~---------2~-------------------------------------------| D|-----4---------------------2~--------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Those were the best days of my" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Life" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ain't no use in complainin'" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "When you got a job to do" e|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--------3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--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----------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I spent my evenings down at the drive-in" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2--------2-------------------------------------------------------------| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------| A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . "And that's when I met you yeah!" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Standin' on your momma's porch" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "You told me that you'd wait forever" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Oh, and when you held my hand" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "I knew that it was now or never" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3--------------2~---------------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------2~---------------------------------------------| D|-----4--------------------2~---------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "those were the best days of my" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Life" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Oh yeah" "Back in the summer of" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sixty-nine" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Oooooooooh" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------3--------3-------3----------------------------| G|--2--------2--------2------3--------3-------3----------------------------| D|--3--------3--------3------3--------3-------3----------------------------| A|--3--------3--------3------1--------1-------1----------------------------| E|--1--------1--------1----------------------------------------------------| "Man, we were killin' time, we were" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------| G|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------| D|--5--------5--------5------3--------3-------3----------------------------| A|--3--------3--------3------1--------1-------1----------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Young and restless, we needed to unwind" e|-----------1-----------------1--1------------3---------------------------| B|----------------1--------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------3---------------5------------------------------| D|--------3--------------3---------------5---------------------------------| A|-----3--------------1---------------3------------------------------------| E|--1----------------------------------------------------------------------| "I guess nothing can last forever, forever, no" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Hey!" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "And now the times are changing" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Look at everything that's come and gone" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sometimes when I play that old six-string" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "I think about you, wonder what went wrong" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Standing on your momma's porch" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "You told me that it'd last forever" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3-----------------------2-------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------------2--------2~------------------------------| D|-----4-----------------------2-------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Oh and when you held my hand" e|-----------2-----------------------3-------------------------------------| B|--------3--------3~----------------------3~------------------------------| G|-----2--------------------------0----------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------0-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------| "I knew that it was now or never" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------3--------------2~---------------------------------------------| G|--------4--------4~-------2~---------------------------------------------| D|-----4--------------------2~---------------------------------------------| A|--2-----------------------0~---------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Those were the best days of my" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Life" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Oh yeaaaaaaaaah" "Back in the summer of" e|--12~------14~------15~------14~------12----14---------------------------| B|-----15-------15-------15-------15-------15----15------------------------| G|--------14-------14-------14-------15------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sixty-nine" e|--7~-------9~-------10~------9~-------7-----9----------------------------| B|-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10------------------------| G|--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Uh-huh" "It was the summer of" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------9b11~~~r9~~~~~~~--------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sixty-nine" "Oh yeah! Me and my baby in" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------12p10-----10--10---10--10-10-------------| G|--11b12~~~r11------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sixty nine" "Whooooooooooooooooooa" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--10/15~~~~17b18~~~r17~~~~---------------19b20---------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "It was the summer, the summer, the summer of" e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---19~~~~~~~------------------------17h19p17\15--------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Sixty-nine" "Hey" (Fade out) ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | b Bend | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato ************************************