Welcome to my “Summer Of 69′ chord chart. The chords are D, A, Bm, G, Asus, Dsus, F Bb and C.
What a great song! Wow, top to bottom…This song requires a few different techniques.
There is a palm mute happening with the introduction D chord and with the first guitar part during the verses. Play that with eighth notes 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + The second guitar part is strumming big whole notes.
The strumming pattern for the chorus is:
D DU U DU
1 2+ + 4+
You can play the arpeggiated part with alternate picking or with just downs.
SUMMER OF 69′ CHORD CHART
Intro
D D
Verse 1
D A
I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime
D A
Played it till my fingers bled, was the summer of ’69
D A
Ma and some guys from school, had a band and we tried real hard
D A
Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda know we’d never get far
Pre Chorus
Bm A D G
But when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever
Bm A D G
And if I had a choice, ya I’d always wanna be there
Bm A D (sus, add9) A(sus, add9)
Those were the best days of my life
Verse 2
D A
Ain’t no use in complainin’, when you’ve got a job to do
D A
Spent my evenin’s down at the drive-in, and that’s when I met you, ya
Pre Chorus
Bm A D G
Standin’ on your mama’s porch, you told me that you’d wait forever
Bm A D G
Oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D (sus, add9)
Those were the best days of my life
Chorus
A(sus, add9)
Oh, yeah!
D (sus, add9)
Back in the summer of ’69
A(sus, add9)
Oh!
Bridge
F Bb
Man, we were killin’ time
C
We were young and restless
Bb
We needed to unwind
F Bb C
I guess nothing can last forever
Forever no
Yeah!
Interlude
D A D A
Verse 3
D A
And now the times are changin’, look at everything that’s come and gone
D A
Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about ya ‘n wonder what went wrong
Pre Chorus
Bm A D G
Standin’ on your mama’s porch, you told me that it’d last forever
Bm A D G
Oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never
Bm A D (sus, add9)
Those were the best days of my life
A(sus, add9)
Chorus
Oh, yeah
D (sus, add9)
Back in the summer of ’69
A(sus, add9)
Uh-huh
D (sus, add9)
It was the summer of ’69
A(sus, add9)
Oh, yeah!
D (sus, add9)
Me and my baby in a ’69
A(sus, add9)
Oh! Oh!
It was the summer
Summer
D (sus, add9)
Summer of ’69
A(sus, add9)
Yeah!
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This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.