Don Henley – The Boys Of Summer (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Chords

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] | Em | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | [Verse]
Em
  Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach

C
  I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach 

D
Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone 

C
 I'm drivin' by your house, though I know you're not home 
[Chorus]
G
  But I can see you

D
  Your brown skin shinin' in the sun

D                                       C
  You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby

G                       D
  And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong 

D                 C
After the boys of summer have gone 
[Solo] | Em | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | [Verse]
Em
  I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream 

C
  Remember how you made me crazy? remember how I made you scream 

D
  Now I don't understand what happened to our love 

C
 But babe, I'm gonna get you back, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
[Chorus]
G
  I can see you

D                               
 Your brown skin shinin' in the sun

D                                       C
  I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone

G                   D
  I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

D                 C
After the boys of summer have gone
[Interlude]
| C | % | % | % |
(palm muted lick)

| C | C D | C | % |
(keyboard)

| C | C D | C6 | % |
(keyboard)

| C | C D | C | % |
(keyboard)
| Em | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | [Verse]
Em
  Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

C
 A little voice Inside my head said, Don't look back. You can never look back

D  
 I thought I knew what love was; what did I know? 

C
 Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go but
[Chorus]
G
  But I can see you

D
  Your brown skin shinin' in the sun

D                                C
  You got top pulled down and the radio on, baby

G                       D
  And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong 

D                 C
After the boys of summer have gone 
[Chorus]
G
  I can see you

D                               
 Your brown skin shinin' in the sun

D                                        C
 You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby

G                   D
  I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

D                  C
 After the boys of summer have gone
[Outro] | G | % | D | % | | D | % | C | % | (repeat and fade)