Summer Of 69 Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays666

Summer Of 69 by Taylor Swift is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, G9, Am and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
nd fret! 

Note:  
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 and standard tuning!!! 


Intro: 
C 

Verse: 
C                                
  I got my first real six-string 
G9 
  Bought it at the five-and-dime 
C 
  Played 'til my fingers bled 
G9 
  It was summer of '69 

Verse: 
C 
  Me and some guys from school 
G9 
  Had a band and we tried real hard 
C 
  Jimmy quit and Jody got married 
G9 
  I shualda known we'd never get far 


Am          G9 
  Oh when I look back now 
C           Fmaj7  
  That was seemes to last forever 
Am         G9 
  And if I had the choice 
C                 Fmaj7 
  Ya - I'd always wanna be there 
Am                  G9 (stop) 
  Those were the best days of my life 

Break: 
C   G9 Fmaj7  x4 

Verse: 
C 
  Ain't no use in complainin' 
G9 
  When you got a job to do 
C 
  Spent my evenin's down at the drive in 
G9 
  And that's when I met you 

Am             G9 
  Standin on a mama's porch 
C                  Fmaj7 
  You told me that you'd wait forever 
Am                G9 
  Oh and when you held my hand 
C                    Fmaj7  
  I knew that it was now or never 
Am                    G9  (stop) 
  Those were the best days of my life 

Break: 
C  G9 Fmaj7                  C   G9 Fmaj7        
       Back in the summer of 69 
                             C   G9 Fmaj7        
       Back in the summer of 69 
C  G9 Fmaj7 x6 

Verse: 
C 
  And now the times are changin' 
G9 
  Look at everything that's come and gone 
C 
  Somethimes when I play that old six-string 
G9 
  I think about ya wonder what went wrong 


Am             G9 
  Standin on a mama's porch 
C                  Fmaj7 
  You told me that you'd wait forever 
Am                G9 
  Oh and when you held my hand 
C                    Fmaj7  
  I knew that it was now or never 
Am                    G9  (stop) 
  Those were the best days of my life 

End: 
C  G9 Fmaj7                  C   G9 Fmaj7        
       Back in the summer of 69 
                             C   G9      
       Back in the summer of 69 
               Fmaj7           C 
Those were the best days of my life 


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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante