The Boys Of Summer

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  • 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.
     
    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-----------------------------||--------------||---------------------------|
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