D* A*
I got my first real six string - brought it at the five & dime
D* A*
Played it til my fingers bled - was the summer of '69
D* A*
Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard
D* A*
Jimmy quit and Jody got married - shoulda known we'd never get far
Bm A D G
Oh when I look back now - that summer seemed to last for ever
Bm A D G
And if I had the choice - ya I'd always wanna be there
Bm A D* A*
Those were the best days of my life
D* A*
Ain't no use complaining - when ya gotta job to do
D* A*
Spent my evenings down at the drive in - and that's when I met you - ya
Bm A D G
Standing on your Mamma's porch - you told me that you'd wait forever
Bm A D G
And when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D* A* D* A*
Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69
F Bb
Man we were killin' time
C Bb
We were young and reckless - we needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothing can last forever...
[Instrumental] D* A* D* A*
D*
And now the times are changin'
A*
Look at everything that's come and gone
D*
Sometimes when I play my old six string
A*
I think about you wonder what went wrong
Bm A D G
Standing on your Mamma's porch - you told me it'd last forever
Bm A D G
And when I held your hand - I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D* A* D* A*
Those were the best days of my life - back in the summer of '69
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\"Summer of '69\" is a song recorded by the Canadian musician Bryan Adams, from his fourth album, Reckless. The song is about a dilemma between settling down or trying to become a rock star. The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams.
Upon the release of the album Reckless in November 1984, \"Summer of '69\" received some airplay on album-oriented rock radio stations but was mostly overshadowed by the tracks \"Run to You\" and \"It's Only Love\", only managing to reach number 40 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart. After it was released as a single in June 1985, \"Summer of '69\" climbed to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped push Reckless to the number one position on the Billboard 200 album chart in August 1985.