Key: :[B] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [B5] [C#5] [E5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[B5] Guess who just got
[D#m7] back today?
[E] Those wild-eyed boys
[G#7sus4] that had been away
[D#m7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[G#7sus4] much to say
[C#m7] But man, I still think them
[C#m7/F#] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[B5] They were asking
[D#m7] if you were around
[E] How you was, where you
[G] could be found
[D#m7] I told them you were living
[G#7sus4] downtown
[C#m7] Driving all the old men
[C#m7/F#] crazy
CHORUS:
[B5] The boys are back in town
[C#5] [E5]
I said
[B5] The boys are back in town
[C#5] [E5]
[B5] The boys are back in town
[C#5] [E5]
I said
[B5] The boys are back in town
[C#5] [E5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [B5] [C#5] [E5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[B5] You know the chick that
[D#m7] used to dance a lot
[E] Every night she'd be
[G#7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[D#m7] Man when I tell ya,
[G#7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[C#m7] I mean she was
[C#m7/F#] steaming
VERSE 4:
[B5] That night over at
[D#m7] Johnny's place
[E] Well this chick got up
[G] and she slapped Johnny's face
[D#m7] Man we just
[G#7sus4] fell about the place
[C#m7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [B5] [C#5] [E5] :
[x2] /
[Esus4] [E]
BRIDGE:
[D#m7] Spread the
[G#7sus4] word around
[C#m7]
Guess who's back in
[F#9sus4] town?
[G#7sus4] [Esus4] [E]
You spread the
[D#m7] word around
[G#7sus4] [C#m7] [F#9sus4] [G#7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[B5] Friday night they'll be
[D#m7] dressed to kill
[E] Down at dino's
[G#7sus4] bar and grill
[D#m7] The drink will flow and
[G#7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[C#m7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[B5] That jukebox in the corner
[D#m7] blasting out my favorite
[E] song
The nights are getting
[G] warmer, it won't be long
[D#m7] It won't be long till
[G#7sus4] summer comes
[C#m7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 