www.EngAkkord.ru

Adams Bryan

Summer of '69

"Unplugged"
Summer of '69

! is the progression: - - - - - (arpeggiated)
! is the progression: - - - - - (arpeggiated)

Intro:

> 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...

> 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 manna'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

! continue on

! Chords:
! - [x24432]
!
- [x02220]
! - [320033] or [320003]
! - [xx0232]
! - [133211]
! - [x13331]
! - [x32010]

-

! The verses are just ... as many as needed with the change
! occurring on every second bar. There is an additional two bars of
! at the start as well.
! The way to play it is something like this:

> D. . . . . . . . D. . . . . . . .
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----3---------|-----------------||-3-----3---------|-------------3---|
|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----||-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------|-------------0---||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
> A. . . . . . . .
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|| \ repeat last 4 bars throughout
|-2-----2---------|-------------2---|| / verses.
|-2---2-2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|-----------------|-----------------||
! The dots show the beat.
! Use moderate amounts of overdrive, and mute the 2's with your palm to get
! the distinctive percussive sound. 0
! The Chorus chords are ||
||||||||| (I use instead of )
! use standard open
,, and and a barred shape for .
! The keyboard riff is sort of an arpegiated and
ie.
> D A
|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|-----3-----------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0----2---|
|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2---2---2-|---2-----2-----3-|-----2------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2-----2----2---2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
! This sounds a bit messy with overdrive, so play it clean, or (even easier)
! just play the melody part (which is mainly what you hear on the CD anyway)
[e|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2---|-----------------|------------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----2-----3---|---2-----0---2----|]
! For the key change after the second chorus, the chords are:
! ||||||||| again use the barred
shape for and .
! That's about all for Summer of

Copyright © 2009 EngAkkord.ru.
engakkord.ru@gmail.com