[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
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
