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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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Radiohead-Creep - CORRECT KEY

[Intro]
G B C Cm
 
[Verse 1]
                     G                              B
When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eyes
                    C                         Cm
You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry
                 G                      B
You float like a feather in a beautiful world
             C                          Cm
I wish I was special, you're so fucking special
 
[Chorus] (play loud)
Cm
(x3, very short)
          G            B
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
                         C               Cm
What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here
 
[Verse 2]
                   G                      B
I don't care if it hurts, I wanna have control
                 C                      Cm
I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul
              G                    B
I want you to notice when I'm not around
                  C                     Cm
You're so fucking special, I wish I was special
 
[Chorus] (play loud)
Cm
(x3, very short)
          G            B
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
                         C               Cm
What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here
 
[Bridge] (play loud)
            G                     B
Oooh, oooh, she's running out the door...
C                      Cm
She's running out, she run, run, run...
G     B
Ruuuuuuuun...
C     Cm
Ruuuuuuuuuuun...
 
[Verse 3] (play soft until the end)
                   G                   B
Whatever makes you happy, whatever you want
                  C                     Cm
You're so fucking special, I wish I was special
 
[Chorus]
          G            B
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
                         C               Cm
What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here
          G
I don't belong here

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