Summer Of '89 Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays499

Summer Of '89 by Butch Walker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro:

A   D D A 
o-oh-ooohh 

A   E E A 
o-oh-ooohh 

A 
Changing strings, 
D 
And banging on things 
A                          E 
A couple of girls from the school 
A 
Would listen to KISS 
D 
(With rockets for fists) 
A           E         A 
Acting like Saturdays fool 

A 
Learned how to smoke, 
D 
Told dirty jokes 
A                             E 
Talked about loose girls from Rome 
A 
I made out with most of them 
D 
So I raised a toast to them 
A          E            A 
Especially now that I'm (old) 
            D                         A          E   
And they're 45 with husbands who don't like their wives 
D                 A         E 
3 or 4 kids, make enough to survive 
D 
In their paper mill jobs 
A 
While their teen heartthrobs 
E 
Are playing in bands 
E 
Or they're dead 
         A 
Can I go back to when 
D 
I was the winner 
A 
Way before the rain came 
E 
And washed away the sinners 
A 
Everyone was something and 
D                         E 
Nothing was done right or wrong-ooh 

Intro 
    	

Chord diagrams

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