Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: Ab)
INTRO: [Bb5] [C5] [Eb5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[Bb5] Guess who just got
[Dm7] back today?
[Eb] Those wild-eyed boys
[G7sus4] that had been away
[Dm7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[G7sus4] much to say
[Cm7] But man, I still think them
[Cm7/F] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[Bb5] They were asking
[Dm7] if you were around
[Eb] How you was, where you
[Gb] could be found
[Dm7] I told them you were living
[G7sus4] downtown
[Cm7] Driving all the old men
[Cm7/F] crazy
CHORUS:
[Bb5] The boys are back in town
[C5] [Eb5]
I said
[Bb5] The boys are back in town
[C5] [Eb5]
[Bb5] The boys are back in town
[C5] [Eb5]
I said
[Bb5] The boys are back in town
[C5] [Eb5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bb5] [C5] [Eb5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[Bb5] You know the chick that
[Dm7] used to dance a lot
[Eb] Every night she'd be
[G7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[Dm7] Man when I tell ya,
[G7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[Cm7] I mean she was
[Cm7/F] steaming
VERSE 4:
[Bb5] That night over at
[Dm7] Johnny's place
[Eb] Well this chick got up
[Gb] and she slapped Johnny's face
[Dm7] Man we just
[G7sus4] fell about the place
[Cm7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [Bb5] [C5] [Eb5] :
[x2] /
[Ebsus4] [Eb]
BRIDGE:
[Dm7] Spread the
[G7sus4] word around
[Cm7]
Guess who's back in
[F9sus4] town?
[G7sus4] [Ebsus4] [Eb]
You spread the
[Dm7] word around
[G7sus4] [Cm7] [F9sus4] [G7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[Bb5] Friday night they'll be
[Dm7] dressed to kill
[Eb] Down at dino's
[G7sus4] bar and grill
[Dm7] The drink will flow and
[G7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[Cm7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[Bb5] That jukebox in the corner
[Dm7] blasting out my favorite
[Eb] song
The nights are getting
[Gb] warmer, it won't be long
[Dm7] It won't be long till
[G7sus4] summer comes
[Cm7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 