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]
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| 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)