The Boys Of Summer
Don Henley

Intro:

Ebm
Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach.
B
I feel it in the air, the summer’s out of reach.
C#
Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone.
B
I’m drivin’ by your house. Oh no, you’re not home.

Chorus:
F#                C#
But I can see you,  your brown skin shining in the sun.
C#                                B
You got your hair combed back and sunglasses on, baby.
F#		      C#
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong,
C#		      B
after the boys of summer have gone.

Instrumental break

I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream.
I remember how you made me crazy, remember how I made you scream.
And I don’t understand what happened to our love.
But babe, I’m gonna get you back, gonna show you what I’m made of.

But I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
I see you walkin’ real slow, and smilin’ at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong,
after the boys of summer have gone.

Long instrumental break

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 ‘em go, but…

I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
Your got your top pulled down and radio on, baby.
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 shining in the sun.
You got your hair swept back and wayfarers on, baby.
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong,
after the boys of summer have gone.

Instrumental break

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Tabbed by Shayne Browne, submitted by David Taylor viking@powerup.com.au