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The Boys Of Summer by Don Henley - Guitar Chords

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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]
| 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) 
        

We also have 9 songs by Don Henley

• All She Wants To Do Is Dance
• Dirty Laundry
• Everybody Knows
• New York Minute
• Sunset Grill
• The Boys Of Summer
• The End Of The Innocence
• The Heart Of The Matter
• The Last Worthless Evening

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