Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams Guitar Chords
Bryan Adams arrangement · added 28 Aug 2026
No capoKey of DDDUU DU
Chords in this song
D
A
Bm
G
F
A#
C
Lyrics & chords
D
I got my first real six-string
A
Bought it at the five and dime
D
Played it ’til my fingers bled
A
Was the summer of ’69
D
Me and some guys from school
A
Had a band and we tried real hard
D
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
A
I should’ve known 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 wanna be there
Bm A D
Those were the best days of my life
Intro : D A
D
Ain’t no use in complainin’
A
When you got a job to do
D
I spent my evenings down at the drive-in
A
And that’s when I met you, yeah!
Bm A
Standin’ 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 D
Those were the best days of my life
D
A
Oh, yeah
D
Back in the summer of ’69, oh
F A#
Man, we were killin’ time
C
We were young and restless
A# F
We needed to unwind
A# C
I guess nothing can last forever
Forever, no
D
And now the times are changin’
A
Look at everything that’s come and gone
D
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
A
I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Bm A
Standin’ on your mama’s porch
D G
You told me that 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 D
Those were the best days of my life
A
Oh, yeah
D A
Back in the summer of ’69, uh-huh
D A
It was the summer of ’69, oh, yeah
D A D
Me and my baby in ’69, oh, oh….
A D
It was the summer, summer, summer of ’69
PLAYING GUIDE
Summer Of 69 chord progression
Practice the progression D – A – Bm – G – F – Bb – C. No capo is required for this arrangement. Use Autoscroll above for hands-free play-along practice.
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