The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Version 4 of 8
Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

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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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[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)