• Song:

    Summer Of 69

  • Artist:

    Ryan Adams

Summer Of Sixty Nine - Ryan Adams

D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1) I got my first real six-string, bought it at the five-and-dime     
D (xx0232@1)                         A (x02220@1) Played 'til my fingers bled, it was summer of '69

D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1) Me and some guys from school, had a Band and we tried real hard
D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1) Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda known we'd never get far
    
Bm (x24432@1)               A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1) Oh when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever
Bm (x24432@1)               A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)  And if I had the choice, yeah I'd always wanna be there
Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)                                    D/A (x00232@1)   D (xx0232@1) Those were the best days of my life

A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1)                             D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)      Ain't no use in complainin',     when you got a job to do
A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1)                                         D/A (x00232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
       Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in,    and that's when I met you

Bm (x24432@1)                  A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1) Standin on a mama's porch, you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm (x24432@1)                     A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1) Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)                                      
  Those were the best days of my life     
D (xx0232@1)                                   A (x02220@1)        D/A (x00232@1)  D (xx0232@1)(Oh yeah)     Back in the summer of 69'

F (133211@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)                C (x32010@1)  Man we were killin' time, We were young and restless
Bb/D (x1033x@1)    C/E (x3111x@5)  FWe (133211@1)needed to unwind
         Bb (x1333x@1)              C (x32010@1)                 
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever no

D G/D-D | A D/A-A (2x)

A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1)                               D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)     And now the times are changin', look at everything that's come and gone
A/D- (x00220@1)D (xx0232@1)                                         D/A- (x00232@1)A (x02220@1)    
      Somethimes when I play that old 6-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Bm (x24432@1)                     A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1) Standin on your mama's porch, you told me that it'd last forever
Bm (x24432@1)                     A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1) Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)                                      
  Those were the best days of my life

D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)                   D- (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)   
     (Oh yeah)           It was the summer of 69'

(repeat all the way to the end)

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