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Bryan Adams-Summer of 69 - sr - 0

[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600]
Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse

[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug]
[D] I got my first real six-string [G]
[A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G]
[D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G]
[A] It was the summer of '69 [G]

[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum]
[D] Me and some guys from school [G]
[A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G]
[D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G]
[A] I shoulda known we'd never get far

[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG] 
[Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now
[D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever
[Bm] And if I [A] had the choice
[D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there
[Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my 

[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open]
Life
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 

[Verse 3]
[D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G]
[A] When you got a job to do [G]
[D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G]
[A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]

[Chorus 2] 
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life

[Instrumental]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh

[Bridge] 
[F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time
We were [C] young and restless
We [Bb] needed to unwind
[F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last 
for [C] ever, forever no

[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2 

[Verse 4]
[D] And now the times are changin' [G]
[A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G]
[D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G]
[A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong

[Chorus 3] 
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life

[Outro] 
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out 
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat

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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here

During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5

[BPM 56]
[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2


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