Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69 Bass Tab Drop-D Tuning

Intro
G|---------h------|
D|--------5-7-7-7-|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Chorus
G|B---------A-----------D----------G--------B---------A-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|2--2--2-2-0--0-0--2-4-5-5-5------------0--2--2--2-2-0-0-0-|
D|-----------------------------2-4-5-5-5--------------------|
G|------D-----------G--------A-----------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|7/9-7-5--5-5------------0--2--2--2-2-0-|
D|--------------2-4-5-5-5----------------|
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Pre Verse
|A
G|B---------------|----------------|A---------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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|B
G|A---------------|A-----------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------|
A|----------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------------|
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Verse
|A
G|D---------------|----------------|A---------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-5-6-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-5---|
___________________________________
|B
G|A---------------|---------h------|
D|----------------|--------5-7-7-7-|
A|----------------|----------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-----------|
Bridge
G|F---------------|A#--------------|C---------------|D---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|F---------------|A#--------------|C---------------|C-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|----------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|15-15-15-15-15-15-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|------------------|
Break
G|D-------|G-A------|D-------|G-A-------|
D|--------|---------|--------|----------|
A|--------|---------|--------|----------|
D|0-------|5/7------|0-------|5/7-----7-|

Song Structure
Intro
Chorus
Pre Verse A
Verse A
Verse B
Chorus
Pre verse A
Pre verse B
Bridge
Break
Verse A
Verse B
Chorus
Verse A until end
Lyrics - Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played 'til my fingers bled
It was summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a Band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shualda known we'd never get far
Oh when I lock back now
That was seemes to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
(CHORUS)
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when I met you
Standin on a mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was no or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Chorus) Back in Summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, no
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on a mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

(Chorus) Back in summer of '69

Guitar Tab - Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69

G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
The verses are just D A D A ... as many as needed with the change
occurring on every second bar. There is an additional two bars of D
at the start as well.
The way to play it is something like this:
D.
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D.
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|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-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.
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|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|| 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.
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The Chorus chords are |Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A|D|G|Bm|A| (I use B instead of Bm)
use standard open A,D, and G and a barred A shape for B.
The keyboard riff is sort of an arpegiated D and A 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:
|F|Bb|C|Bb|F|Bb|C|C| again use the barred A shape for Bb and C.
That's about all for Summer of '69
VERSE1
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|5--------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
A|5--------------------------------|-0---------------------||
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
Played it till my fingers bled
it was the summer of '69
VERSE2
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|7-7-7-7-7-77-7-|-------------|7-7-7-7-77-7-|
A|5-5-5-5-55-5-|---------------|5-5-5-5-55-5-|-------------|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|2-2-22-22-|0-0-00-00-|5-5-55-55-|----------|2-2-22-22-|0-0-00-00-|
E|----------|----------|----------|3-3-33-33-|----------|----------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
D|----------|5-5-55-55-|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
A|5-5-55-55-|----------|2---------|0---------|5-5-5-5-55-5-|5-5-5-5-55-5-|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------|-------------|
VERSE3
G|-------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-------------|7-7-7-7-7-77-7-|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|5-5-5-5-55-5-|---------------|5-5-5-5-55-55-|--------------|--------------|
E|-------------|---------------|--------------|3h55-3h55-3h5-|3h55-3h55-3h5-|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|----------|----------|----------|5-5-55-55-|----------|----------|
A|2-2-22-22-|0-0-00-00-|5-5-55-55-|----------|2-2-22-22-|0-0-00-00-|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
INTERLUDE1
G|----------|----------|----------|----------| |-------------|-------------|
D|----------|5-5-55-55-|----------|----------| |-------------|7-7-7-7-77-7-|
A|5-5-55-55-|----------|2-2-22-22-|0---------| |5-5-5-5-55-5-|-------------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------| |-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|-------------|7-7-7-7-7-77-7-|-------------|7-7-7-7-7-77-7-|-------------|
A|5-5-5-5-55-5-|---------------|5-5-5-5-55-5-|---------------|5-5-5-5-55-5-|
E|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
BRIDGE
G|-------------| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|7-7-7-7-77-7-| |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|-------------| |----------|1-1-1-1-1-|----------|5-5-3-3-2-|----------|
E|-------------| |1-1-1-1-1-|----------|3-3-3-3-3-|----------|1-1-1-1-1-|
VERSE4
G|----------|----------|----------|
|--------------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|
|--------------|7-7-77-77-7-7-|
A|1-1-1-1-1-|----------|----------|
|5-5-55-55-5-5-|--------------|
E|----------|3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-|
|--------------|--------------|

G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|--------------|7-7-77-77-7-7-|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|5-5-55-55-5-5-|--------------|2-2-22-22-2-2-|0-0-00-00-0-0-|5-5-55-55-5-5-|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|5-5-55-55-5-5-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|2-2-22-22-2-2-|0-0-00-00-0-0-|5-5-55-55-5-5-|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|3-3-33-33-3-3-|
G|---------|---------|--------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------||
D|---------|---------|--------------|----------------||*--------------|12-12-12-11-9-7-*||
A|2--------|0--------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||*555-000-5-555-|----------------*||
E|---------|---------|--------------|----------------||---------------|-----------------||
G|--------------||
D|--------------||
A|5--5--5--5--5-||
E|--------------||