First Aid Kit - The Boys Of Summer

(originally by Don Henley)

Capo: 7th fret

[Intro]
Am F G F

[Verse 1]
Am
Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach
F
I feel it in the air

The summer’s out of reach
G
Empty lake, empty streets

The sun goes down alone
F
I’m driving by your house

Though I know you’re not home

[Chorus]
C
But I can see you
G
Your brown skin shining in the sun

You got your hair combed back and your
F
sunglasses on, baby
C G
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
F
After the boys of summer have gone

[Verse 2]
Am
I never will forget those nights

I wonder if it was a dream
F
Remember how you made me crazy?

Remember how I made you scream?
G
Now I don’t understand what happened to our love
F
But babe, I’m gonna get you back

I’m going to show you what I’m made of

[Chorus]
C
I can see you
G
Your brown skin shining in the sun
F
I see you walking real slow and smiling at everyone
C G
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
F
After the boys of summer have gone

[Instrumental]
Am F G F Am F

[Verse 3]
Am
Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
F
A little voice inside my head said

“Don’t look back, you can never look back”
G
I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?
F
Those days are gone forever

I should just let them go but

[Chorus]
C
I can see you
G
Your brown skin shining in the sun
F
You got the top pulled down and the radio on, baby
C G
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
F
After the boys of summer have gone
C
I can see you
G
Your brown skin shining in the sun
F
You got your hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
C G
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
F C
After the boys of summer have gone