Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[F#] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [F#5] [G#5] [B5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[F#5] Guess who just got
[A#m7] back today?
[B] Those wild-eyed boys
[D#7sus4] that had been away
[A#m7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[D#7sus4] much to say
[G#m7] But man, I still think them
[G#m7/C#] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[F#5] They were asking
[A#m7] if you were around
[B] How you was, where you
[D] could be found
[A#m7] I told them you were living
[D#7sus4] downtown
[G#m7] Driving all the old men
[G#m7/C#] crazy
CHORUS:
[F#5] The boys are back in town
[G#5] [B5]
I said
[F#5] The boys are back in town
[G#5] [B5]
[F#5] The boys are back in town
[G#5] [B5]
I said
[F#5] The boys are back in town
[G#5] [B5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [F#5] [G#5] [B5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[F#5] You know the chick that
[A#m7] used to dance a lot
[B] Every night she'd be
[D#7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[A#m7] Man when I tell ya,
[D#7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[G#m7] I mean she was
[G#m7/C#] steaming
VERSE 4:
[F#5] That night over at
[A#m7] Johnny's place
[B] Well this chick got up
[D] and she slapped Johnny's face
[A#m7] Man we just
[D#7sus4] fell about the place
[G#m7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [F#5] [G#5] [B5] :
[x2] /
[Bsus4] [B]
BRIDGE:
[A#m7] Spread the
[D#7sus4] word around
[G#m7]
Guess who's back in
[C#9sus4] town?
[D#7sus4] [Bsus4] [B]
You spread the
[A#m7] word around
[D#7sus4] [G#m7] [C#9sus4] [D#7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[F#5] Friday night they'll be
[A#m7] dressed to kill
[B] Down at dino's
[D#7sus4] bar and grill
[A#m7] The drink will flow and
[D#7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[G#m7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[F#5] That jukebox in the corner
[A#m7] blasting out my favorite
[B] song
The nights are getting
[D] warmer, it won't be long
[A#m7] It won't be long till
[D#7sus4] summer comes
[G#m7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 