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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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Erasure-Respect

[Intro]
C
 
[Verse 1]
             C
I try to discover
                       G
A little something to make me sweeter
            E                      F
Oh baby, refrain from breaking my heart
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           C
I'm so in love with you
           G
I'll be forever blue
                    F
That you give me no reason
                     Am
Why you're making me work so hard
 
G
That you give me no, that you give me no
 
That you give me no, that you give me no
 
[Chorus]
C                 Am
Soul, I hear you calling
           F                     Em   F  G  C
Oh baby, please give a little respect to-oo me

C

[Verse 2]
                 C
And if I should falter
                     G
Would you open your arms out to me
                       E
We can make love, not war
                            F
And live at peace with our hearts
 
[Pre-Chorus]
           C
I'm so in love with you
           G
I'll be forever blue
                 F
What religion or reason
                        Am
Could drive a man to forsake his lover
 
G
Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no
 
Don't you tell me no, don't you tell me no
 
[Chorus]
C                 Am
Soul, I hear you calling
           F                     Em   F  G  C
Oh baby, please give a little respect to-oo me
 
[Interlude]
 
|(C)  | C   | C   | C   |
| Bb  | Bb  | G   | G
 
[Pre-Chorus] 
           C
I'm so in love with you
           G
I'll be forever blue
                    F
That you give me no reason
                           Am
You know, you're making me work so hard
 
G
That you give me no, that you give me no
 
That you give me no, that you give me no
 
[Chorus]
C                 Am
Soul, I hear you calling
           F                     Em   F  G  C
Oh baby, please give a little respect to-oo me
 
(C)               Am
Soul, I hear you calling
           F                     Em   F  G  C
Oh baby, please give a little respect to-oo me
 
C

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