The Boys of Summer Don Henley
Intro
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Verse
The rhythm played underneath the verse is simply an easy A7 arpeggio
(Once each per line - 8x total)
|---------PM----------| e------------------------------| B-----0-0----------0--0--------| G---------2-2--------2---------| D-2-2----------2-2-------------| A------------------------------| E------------------------------|
(Conversely it can be played even easier if you wish - I play this)
|---------PM-----------| e------------------------------| B------------------------------| G------------------------------| D-----9-9-7-7------9-7-9-------| A-7-7----------7-7-------------| E------------------------------|
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not at home
Chorus
(eh, close enough for government work - arpeggiate as you like)
Play 2x
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G D [Dsus4] | D D C(add9)
e-3-3-----2---3-2---2-0-----0-0------------------------| B-3--3----3---3-3---3--3----3--3-----------------------| G-0---0---2---2-2---2---2---0---0----------------------| D-0-------0---0-0---0-------2--------------------------| A-X-------------------------3--------------------------| E-3----------------------------------------------------|
[G]But I can see you,[D] y[Dsus4]our br[D]own skin shining in the sun
[D]You got your hair combed back and your[C(add9] sunglasses on, baby
[G]I can tell you my [D]lov[Dsus4]e for [D]you will still be strong
[D]After the boys of [C(add9]summer have gone
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P
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Repeat Verse
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe, I'm gonna get you back
(Distorted fill near end of verse)
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I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
e--------------------------------12----| B--------------------------------------| G-----------12-12^H------12-14^F-------| D-----------12-12^H--/14---------------| A--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------|
Repeat Chorus
I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
I see you walkin' real slow and you're smilin' at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Bridge:
(Simple open string G chord arpeggio - This rings better)
|----------PM--------------| e-0-0-----------0--0-------------------| B-----3-3--------3----3---3------------| G---------0-0-----0----0---0-----------| D--------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------|
(Conversely it can be played even easier if you wish)
|---------PM-------------------| e--------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------| G-9-9--7-7--0-0--9-7-0-9--7-0--7-0-----| D--------------------------------------| A--------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------|
Interlude
(May be played as what's comfortable to you but these are the notes sounded)
P P H P |------DISTORTION------| e-10-7------||---P-----||-5-3-5-3---3--P-----H---||------------------------| B------10~~-||-12-10~~-||---------5---5-3---3-5--||-----8---8-10-10^F------| G-----------||---------||-----------------4------||/9-9---9-----------9-9~-| D-----------||---------||------------------------||------------------------| A-----------||---------||------------------------||------------------------| E-----------||---------||------------------------||------------------------|
Repeat Verse:
(The seagull sounds may be a synth effect but can be created by scraping the pick against the higher strings with a delay effect. A metal pick works even better, i.e. a dime)
Out on the road today, I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice Inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-
Repeat Chorus: (2X)
I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
Outro:
(Perhaps played by two guitars (2 tracks), but very easily done with one.)
(The first time through play the first bar, and 2nd time play the 2nd bar)
|--1st bar--| |---------2nd bar--------| e-7--7~-----7--7~----7--7~----||-7------------||------------------H--P-----| B--10--8-8~--10--8-8~-10--8-8~||--10-8~-8-7---||--H-8-H-8-H-8--H-8-10-8-P--| G-------7---------7--------7--||-----------7~-||-7-9-7-9-7-9--7-9------9-7-| D-----------------------------||--------------||---------------------------| A-----------------------------||--------------||---------------------------| E-----------------------------||--------------||---------------------------|
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