SUMMER OF 69 Adams & Vallance Bryan Adams
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| / / / / | / / / / | / / ~ I^got^my | first real six str^ing | / ~ ^Bought t^it^at^the | five and dime ee |
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| / ~ ^Played d^it^till^my | fin g^ers bled dd | / Was^the sum^mer of | Six ty nine ee |
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||: / ~ Me and ^some | guys from school / | / Had^a band and^we | tried real hard / |
||: / ~ Ain't no ^use | in^com plain ing / | / When you got^a | job to do / |
||: / ~ And now ^the | times^are chang ing / | / Look^at ev^ery thing^thats | come and gone / |
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| / Jim^my quit ~ ^and | Jo^dy got mar ri^ed | ~ I^should^a known ~ ^we'd |
| / Spent^my eve^nings ~ ^down | at the drive in | ~ And^thats^when I ~ ^met |
| / Some^times when^I ~ ^play | that^old six string I | ~ think^a^bout you ~ won=der |
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| nev^er get far / | / / ~ Oh^when^I | ^look back ^now ww / |
| you yeah hh / | / / Stand^ing^on^your | ^Ma ma's ^porch hh / |
| what went wrong / | / / Stand^ing^on^your | ^Ma ma's ^porch hh / |
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| / That^sum m^mer^seemed^to | last for ev er | / ~ And if ^I | had the^choice ee / |
| / You^told d^me^that^you'd | wait for ev er | / ~ Oh and ^when | you held^my hand / |
| / You^told d^me^that^it’d | last for ev er | / ~ Oh and ^when | you held^my hand / |
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| / ~ ^Yeah h^I'd^al^ways | wan na be there | / ~ Those were ^the | best days of m^y |
| / ~ ^I knew^that^it^was | now or nev er | / ~ Those were ^the | best days of m^y |
| / ~ ^I knew^that^it^was | now or nev er | / ~ Those were ^the | best days of m^y |
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1. | life / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
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2. | life / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | ~ Back^in^the sum^mer of | Six ty^nine ee / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
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| / ~ ^Man n^we were | ^kill ing ^time e^We were | young and^rest t^less ~ ^We |
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| ^need ed ^to o^un wind | / / ~ ^I guess | noth^ing^can^last t for ^ev | v^er / ~ for ^ev |
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| v^er rr r^no oo | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
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3. | life / / / | / / / / | / / / / | ~ Back^in^the sum^mer of |
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||: Six ty^nine ee / | / / / / | / / / / | ~ Back^in^the sum^mer of :|| Repeat, ad lib and fade
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Summer Of 69 is performed by Bryan Adams and written by Adams & Vallance.
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