Don Henley, The Boys Of Summer (1984)
Key: :[Em] (w: Don Henley, Mike Campbell)
INTRO: [Em] [C] [D] [C]
VERSE 1:
[Em] Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach
[C] I feel it in the air, the summers out of reach
[D] Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone
[C] I'm driving by your house, though I know that you not home
CHORUS 1:
[G] But I can see you,
[D] your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your
[C] sunglasses on, baby
[G] I can tell you my
[D] love for you will still be strong
After the boys of
[C] summer have gone
BREAK: [Em] [C] [D] [C]
VERSE 2:
[Em] I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream
[C] remember how you drove me crazy? remember how I made you scream?
[D] now I don't understand what happed to our love
[C] now baby gonna get you back, gonna show you what i'm made of
CHORUS 2:
[G] But I can see you,
[D] your brown skin shining in the sun
I see you walking real slow,
[C] smiling for everyone
[G] I can tell you my
[D] love for you will still be strong
After the boys of
[C] summer have gone
BREAK: [Em] [C] [D] [C]
VERSE 3:
[Em] out on the road today, I saw a dead head sticker on a cadillac
[C] a 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 for ever, I should just let them go and
CHORUS 3:
[G] But I can see you,
[D] your brown skin shining in the sun
You got the top pulled down,
[C] radio on, baby
[G] I can tell you my
[D] love for you will still be strong
After the boys of
[C] summer have gone
CHORUS 4:
[G] But I can see you,
[D] your brown skin shining in the sun
You got that hair slicked back,
[C] those wayfarers on, baby
[G] I can tell you my
[D] love for you will still be strong
After the boys of
[C] summer have gone
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS] 