The Boys Of Summer by Don Henley Transcribed by Larry WHittaker (dugoutlar@hotmail.com) ***** TUNE TO E FLAT FOR THIS SONG ***** Otherwise the chorus chords will not work. Key: H - Hammer-On P - Pull-Off ^F - Full Bend ^H - Half Bend / - Slide up \ - Slide down ~ - Vibrato Use a clean standard tone with chorus effect for chord richness and make good use of neck and bridge pickup switching. A few leads use the bridge pickup with distortion. I have loved this song ever since it was release and since none of the tabs I found were exactly accurate, I decided to give it a go. Please mail me if you find anything that needs changing. Thanks. Intro ***** USE NECK PICKUP ***** e------|--|-----------|--|----------|--|--P-------|--|---P----P---------| B------|--|-----------|--|----------|--|-8-5------|--|-10-8--8-5--------| G-7/9~-|--|-----7-----|--|-----7----|--|-----7/9~-|--|-----------7--7/9-| D------|--|-7/9---9~--|--|-7/9---9~-|--|----------|--|------------------| A------|--|-----------|--|----------|--|----------|--|------------------| E------|--|-----------|--|----------|--|----------|--|------------------| e---P---------| B-12-10~------| G-------------| D-------------| A---------7\--| E-------------| 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 ***** Switch to BRIDGE PICKUP ***** Dsus4 G D | 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 D Dsus4 D But I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun D C(add9) You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby G D Dsus4 D I can tell you my love for you will still be strong D C(add9) After the boys of summer have gone ***** Switch to NECK PICKUP ***** P e------|---|---------------|---|----------|---|-10-7-----|---|-------| B------|---|---------------|---|----------|---|------10--|---|-------| G-7-9~-|---|--H--7---P-H---|---|---7-9-7~-|---|----------|---|-------| D------|---|-7-9----9-7-9--|---|-/9-------|---|----------|---|--7\---| A------|---|---------------|---|----------|---|----------|---|-------| E------|---|---------------|---|----------|---|----------|---|-------| 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) ***** Switch to BRIDGE PICKUP ***** 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-----------------------------||--------------||---------------------------|