Chords for Summer Of '69
Tempo:
81.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
B
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Got my first real [A] six-string, bought it at the five-and [D]-times, waited till my fingers [A] bled.
Was the summer of [D] sixteen, I had some guys from [A] school, had a plan and we tried real [D] hard.
Cindy Quinn, that's who we got [A] married, should've known we'd never get [B] far.
[A] Oh, I look back [D] now, so [G] much dreams will last [B] forever, and [A] if I had the [D] choice, yeah, [G] I
don't want to [B] be there.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] There ain't no [A] discipline in winning a job to [D] do, spend the weekend down at the [A] drive-in,
and that's where I met [B] you, girl.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] you told [G] me that you'd wait [B] forever.
[A] Oh, I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
[A] It was the [D] summer of sixty-nine, [A] oh, [F] yeah, [Bb] we woke till that time [C] when we were young and
restless, [Bb] we needed to [F] unwind.
I [Bb] guess nothing could last [C] forever, [D] yeah,
[A] [D]
[B] [D] [A] [D] and now the times are [A] changing, look at everything
that's come and [D] gone, and it's time for when I play that old [A] six-string, think about you
on the one-hand [B] lawn.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] that's right, you told [G] me that we'd last [B] forever.
Oh, [A] I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [D] were the best days of my life.
[A] Back in the summer [D] of sixty-nine, [A] oh, me and my baby [D] in sixty-nine, [A] oh, yeah, back in the
summer [D] of sixty-nine.
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D]
Was the summer of [D] sixteen, I had some guys from [A] school, had a plan and we tried real [D] hard.
Cindy Quinn, that's who we got [A] married, should've known we'd never get [B] far.
[A] Oh, I look back [D] now, so [G] much dreams will last [B] forever, and [A] if I had the [D] choice, yeah, [G] I
don't want to [B] be there.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
[A]
[D] [A]
[D] There ain't no [A] discipline in winning a job to [D] do, spend the weekend down at the [A] drive-in,
and that's where I met [B] you, girl.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] you told [G] me that you'd wait [B] forever.
[A] Oh, I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
[A] It was the [D] summer of sixty-nine, [A] oh, [F] yeah, [Bb] we woke till that time [C] when we were young and
restless, [Bb] we needed to [F] unwind.
I [Bb] guess nothing could last [C] forever, [D] yeah,
[A] [D]
[B] [D] [A] [D] and now the times are [A] changing, look at everything
that's come and [D] gone, and it's time for when I play that old [A] six-string, think about you
on the one-hand [B] lawn.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] that's right, you told [G] me that we'd last [B] forever.
Oh, [A] I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [D] were the best days of my life.
[A] Back in the summer [D] of sixty-nine, [A] oh, me and my baby [D] in sixty-nine, [A] oh, yeah, back in the
summer [D] of sixty-nine.
[A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D]
Key:
D
A
B
G
Bb
D
A
B
[D] _ _ _ _ _ Got my first real [A] six-string, bought it at the five-and [D]-times, waited till my fingers [A] bled.
Was the summer of [D] sixteen, I had some guys from [A] school, had a plan and we tried real [D] hard.
Cindy Quinn, that's who we got [A] married, should've known we'd never get [B] far.
[A] Oh, I look back [D] now, so [G] much dreams will last [B] forever, and [A] if I had the [D] choice, yeah, [G] I
don't want to [B] be there.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] There ain't no [A] discipline in winning a job to [D] do, spend the weekend down at the [A] drive-in,
and that's where I met [B] you, girl.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] you told [G] me that you'd wait [B] forever.
[A] Oh, I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life. _ _
[A] _ _ It was the [D] summer of sixty-nine, [A] oh, _ _ _ [F] yeah, [Bb] we woke till that time [C] when we were young and
restless, [Bb] we needed to [F] unwind.
I [Bb] guess nothing could last [C] forever, _ _ _ [D] _ yeah, _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] and now the times are [A] changing, look at everything
that's come and [D] gone, and it's time for when I play that old [A] six-string, think about you
on the one-hand [B] lawn.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] that's right, you told [G] me that we'd last [B] forever.
Oh, [A] I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [D] were the best days of my life.
_ _ [A] _ _ Back in the summer [D] of sixty-nine, [A] oh, me and my baby [D] in sixty-nine, [A] oh, yeah, back in the
summer [D] of sixty-nine.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Was the summer of [D] sixteen, I had some guys from [A] school, had a plan and we tried real [D] hard.
Cindy Quinn, that's who we got [A] married, should've known we'd never get [B] far.
[A] Oh, I look back [D] now, so [G] much dreams will last [B] forever, and [A] if I had the [D] choice, yeah, [G] I
don't want to [B] be there.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] There ain't no [A] discipline in winning a job to [D] do, spend the weekend down at the [A] drive-in,
and that's where I met [B] you, girl.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] you told [G] me that you'd wait [B] forever.
[A] Oh, I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [E] were the best days [D] of my life. _ _
[A] _ _ It was the [D] summer of sixty-nine, [A] oh, _ _ _ [F] yeah, [Bb] we woke till that time [C] when we were young and
restless, [Bb] we needed to [F] unwind.
I [Bb] guess nothing could last [C] forever, _ _ _ [D] _ yeah, _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] and now the times are [A] changing, look at everything
that's come and [D] gone, and it's time for when I play that old [A] six-string, think about you
on the one-hand [B] lawn.
Standing [A] on your mama's porch, [D] that's right, you told [G] me that we'd last [B] forever.
Oh, [A] I'm in your blood, [D] and I knew [G] that it was now or [B] never.
Those [D] were the best days of my life.
_ _ [A] _ _ Back in the summer [D] of sixty-nine, [A] oh, me and my baby [D] in sixty-nine, [A] oh, yeah, back in the
summer [D] of sixty-nine.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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