intro:   Em    C    D    C  (+ repeat after choruses)

Em
Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach.
C
I feel it in the air, the summer's out of reach.
D
Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone.
C
I'm driving by your house, though I know you're not home.

G                               D
But I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
                                                                          C
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby.
G                            D
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
                              C
After the boys of summer have gone.

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, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of.

I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
I see you walkin' real slow and smiling to everyone.
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone.

Em  C  C  D  C  C  D  Am  C  D  C  + G    D     D      C

Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead 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 'em go, but

I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
You got the top pulled down and radio on, baby.
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 shining in the sun.
You got your 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.

G    D     D      C