The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
Version 4 of 8
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Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
The guitars on Henley's recording have been tuned down one step to Eb-Ab-Db-G--Bb-Eb.
If you don't want to take the trouble of re-tuning your guitar but still want to play
along to the original, transpose this tab -2 and then use a capo on the 1st fret to
match the recording.
[Intro]
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[Verse]
Nobody on th
e road, nobody
on the beach
I feel it in
the air, the
summer's out o
f reach
Empty lake, em
pty streets, t
he sun goes do
wn alone
I'm drivin' b
y your house,
though I know
you're not hom
e
[Chorus]
But I can se
e you
Your brown s
kin shinin' in
the sun
You got your
hair combed b
ack and your s
unglasses on,
baby
And I can te
ll you my love
for you will
still be stron
g
After the boys
of summer hav
e gone
[Solo]
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[Verse]
I never will
forget those
nights, I wond
er if it was a
dream
Remember how
you made me c
razy? remember
how I made yo
u scream
Now I don't
understand wha
t happened to
our love
But babe, I'm
gonna get you
back, I'm gon
na show you wh
at I'm made of
[Chorus]
I can see yo
u
Your brown sk
in shinin' in
the sun
I see you wa
lkin' real slo
w and you're s
milin' at ever
yone
I can tell y
ou my love for
you will stil
l be strong
After the boys
of summer hav
e gone
[Interlude]
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(palm muted li
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ck)
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(keyboard)
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[Verse]
Out on the r
oad today, I s
aw a Deadhead
sticker on a C
adillac
A little voic
e Inside my he
ad said, Don't
look back. Yo
u can never lo
ok back
I thought I k
new what love
was; what did
I know?
Those days ar
e gone forever
, I should jus
t let them go
but
[Chorus]
But I can se
e you
Your brown s
kin shinin' in
the sun
You got top
pulled down an
d the radio on
, baby
And I can te
ll you my love
for you will
still be stron
g
After the boys
of summer hav
e gone
[Chorus]
I can see yo
u
Your brown sk
in shinin' in
the sun
You got that
hair slicked b
ack and those
Wayfarers on,
baby
I can tell y
ou my love for
you will stil
l be strong
After the boy
s of summer ha
ve gone
[Outro]
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(repeat and fade)