The Boys Of Summer Chords

by Don Henley
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author GNRkixass [a] 111.
1 contributor total, last edit on Feb 10, 2020
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Chords

D
C
G

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Intro:
  D|C|D|C
 
*There are no actual chords in the verses, but I put some chords together that sound
good just so the rythm guitarist has somethin to do.
 
D                   C
Nobody on the road
 
                     D
nobody on the beach
 
                     C
I feel it in the air
 
                          D
the summer's out of reach
 
C
Empty lake,
 
 
empty streets,
 
                         D
the sun goes down alone
 
C
I'm drivin' by your house
 
                            G
Though I know you're not home
 
 
But I can see you-
 
D                                  D
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
 
 
You got your hair combed back and your
 
C                   G
sunglasses on, baby
 
                     D
And I can tell you my love for you
 
                    D
will still be strong after the boys of
 
 C
summer have gone
 
D                                 C
I never will forget those nights
 
                           D
I wonder if it was a dream
 
                                 C
Remember how you made me crazy?
 
                                D
Remember how I made you scream?
 
 
Now I don't understand what's happened
 
            C
to our love,
 
 
But baby when I get you back
 
                                    G
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
 
 
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
 
BRIDGE:
   C|C|C|D|C|D
 
D
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,
 
                  C
What did I know?
 
 
Those days are gone forever
 
 
I should just let them go but-
 
G
I can see you-
 
D                                  D
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
 
                                     C
You got that top pulled down and that 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
 
G
I can see you-
 
D
Your brown skin shining in the sun
 
D
You got that hair slicked back and
 
        C
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:                Fade out...
   G|G|D|D|G|G|D|D|G|G|D|D
 
IF YOU CANNOT TUNE 1/2 STEP DOWN...
 
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    ----6-----      ----4-----      ----4-----|
    ----4-----      ----2-----      ----4-----|
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The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley
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4 comments
yop354
Hi... capo 6th fret chords - Am F G F verse Am F G F chorus C G G F C G G F back to Am etc....
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carl roth
Isn't boys of summer a Don Henley song?
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GNRkixass
yeah srry its a don henley song i got confused cause when i saw don henley i just thought of the Eagles just cause hes in the eagles... srry... if anyone knows how i could change it or even if its possible to change it... well that would be cool... thx
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