Don Henley - Boys of summer

Capo -1 = tune 1/2 down

[Chords]       

              (Fingering with pimac notation)
Em7    020033 (0i00ac)
Em9    020032 (0i00am)
Csus2  x30033 (0m00ac)
Csus2 *x30032 (0m00ai)
Dsus4  xx0233 (xx0iac)
D      xx0232 (xx0iam)
G      300033 (m000ac)
      x32010 


The chord progession for the verse (Em-C-D-C) is alternated between the chords Em7 Em9, Csus2 Csus2 *and 
Dsus4 D by lifting the pinky finger while the middle or index finger resides on the second fret of the 
high e string.


[Intro]

    
              
|3---2---3---2
|3-----3-3----
|0-------0----
|0-------0----
|2-------2----
|0-------0----

   
            
---|3---2---3-
-3-|3-----3-3-
---|0-------0-
---|0-------0-
---|3-------3-
---|0-------0-

 *     
      
--2---|3---2--
----3-|3-----3
------|2------
------|0------
------|-------
------|-------

    
              
-3---2---|3---
-3-----3-|3---
-2-------|0---
-0-------|0---
---------|3---
---------|0---

  *
      *
2---3---2---|
--3-3-----3-|
----0-------|
----0-------|
----3-------|
----0-------|


[Verse 1] 

        
       Nobody 

      
on the road,  

     
 nobody on the


 beach.
  * 
   I feel it i

  * 
n the air,    

  * 
   the summer'

     
s out of reach

 *                                              
.
        
   Empty lake,

        
 empty streets

        
, the sun goes

                                                   
 down alone.  
  * 
   I'm driving

   *
 by your house

   *
, though I kno

      
w your not hom

 *                                              
e.

   [Chorus]

             
  But I can se

            
e you, your br

own skin shini

ng in the sun.
              
 You got your 

              
hair combed ba

             
ck and your su

nglasses on, b

aby.
             
  I can tell y

      
ou my love for

 you will stil

l be strong 
              
 After the boy

     
s of summer ha

ve gone.


[Verse 2]

        
   I never wil

        
l forget those

         
 nights.
  * 
   I wonder if

     
 it was a drea

 *   *       *                                              
m.
        
  Remember how

        
 you made me c

                                                               
razy,
  * 
  Remember how

    
 I made you sc

 *   *       *                                              
ream.

        
  Now I don't 

        
understand wha

         
t
  * 
  Happened to 

      *   *       *     
our love.
        
  But, baby, w

        
hen I get you 

                      
back,
  * 
I'm gonna show

     
 you what I'm 

 *   *       *     
made of.


[Chorus]

             
  But I can se

            
e you, your br

own skin shini

ng in the sun.
              
I see you walk

              
ing real slow,

            
 and you're sm

iling at every

one
             
  I can tell y

       
ou my love for

 you will stil

l be strong 
            
  After the bo

ys of summer h

ave gone.


[Bridge]

              


[Verse 3]

        
   Out on the 

                                        
road today
  * 
  I saw a Dead

     
head sticker o

 *   *       *     
n a Cadillaxc
        
  A little voi

        
ce inside my h

                       
ead said:
  * 
 "Don't look b

     
ack, you can n

 *  
ever look back

 *       *     
."

        
  I thought I 

        
knew what love

         
 was.
  * 
  What did I k

      *   *       *     
now?
        
  Those days a

        
re gone foreve

                      
r.
  * 
  I should jus

     
t let them go,

 *   *       *     
 but


[Chorus]
             
But I can see 

      
you, your brow

n skin shining

 in the sun
              
  You got that


 top pulled do

wn, and that r

adio on, baby
             
  And I can te

          
ll you my love

 for you will 

still be stron

g,
              
  After the bo

      
ys of summer h

ave gone

             
  But I can se

      
e you, your br

own skin shini

ng in the sun.
              
  You got your

              
 hair slicked 

            
back and those

 Wayfarers on,

 baby.
             
  I can tell y

      
ou my love for

 you will stil

l be strong 
              
  After the bo

      
ys of summer h

ave gone.