[Intro - BPM 177 - No drums] E ------------------------------------- B -0h2----------------------------------- G --------4----------------------------- D -----4h6--6---------------------------- A ------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------
[C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4] E 4-4-4-----2-2-2----0-0-0-----2-2--------------- B 5-4-5-----5-4-4----0-4-0-----5-4-4------------ G 6-6-4-----4-4(4)---2-2-2-----4-4(4)-------------- D 6-6-6-----4-4-4----2-2-2-----4-4-4---------- A 4-4-4-----2-2-2----0-0-0-----2-2-2---------- E -------------------------------------------
[Verse - Drums] [C#m] Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach [B] I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach [A] Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone [B]I'm drivin' by your house, though I know you're not home
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got your hair combed back and your [A] sunglasses on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B]love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Solo] - Intro Chords [C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4]
[Verse] [C#m] I never will forget those nights, I wonder if it was a dream [B] Remember how you made me crazy? remember how I made you scream [A] Now I don't understand what happened to our love [B] But babe, I'm gonna get you back, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B]I see you walkin' real slow and you're [A] smilin' at everyone [E] And I can tell you my [B]love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Muted Guitar bit - No drums] (play this riff between all chords) E ------------------ B -22----2-22------- G ---4422-----4-2--- D ------------------ A ------------------ E ------------------
[A][A][B][A] [A][A][B][F#m] [A][A][B][A]
[Intro riff again] [C#m][Bsus4][Asus2][Bsus4]
[Verse - No drums] [C#m] Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac [B] A little voice Inside my head said, Don't look back. You can never look back [A] I thought I knew what love was; what did I know? [B] Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go but
[Chorus - Drums back in] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got top pulled down and the [A] radio on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B] love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Chorus] [E] But I can see you [B] Your brown skin shinin' in the sun [B] You got that hair slicked back and [A] those Wayfarers on, baby [E] And I can tell you my [B] love for you will still be strong [B] After the boys of [A] summer have gone
[Outro Solo X 2] [E][B][B][A] - [E][B][B][A]
[E][B][A] E -4-2-4-0--0---4-2-4-0-x*------------0------------------- B -0------4-0---4-----4-4-------------0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2-0h2- G -1--------1---4-----4-4-4--B-again--2------------------- D -2--------2---4-----x-x-x-----------2------------------- A -2--------2---2-----2-2-2-----------0------------------- E -0--------0--------------------------------------------- * pull fretting finger above high E down to mute high E and imply the line
[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
