Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[G#] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [G#5] [A#5] [C#5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[G#5] Guess who just got
[Cm7] back today?
[C#] Those wild-eyed boys
[F7sus4] that had been away
[Cm7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[F7sus4] much to say
[A#m7] But man, I still think them
[A#m7/D#] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[G#5] They were asking
[Cm7] if you were around
[C#] How you was, where you
[E] could be found
[Cm7] I told them you were living
[F7sus4] downtown
[A#m7] Driving all the old men
[A#m7/D#] crazy
CHORUS:
[G#5] The boys are back in town
[A#5] [C#5]
I said
[G#5] The boys are back in town
[A#5] [C#5]
[G#5] The boys are back in town
[A#5] [C#5]
I said
[G#5] The boys are back in town
[A#5] [C#5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [G#5] [A#5] [C#5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[G#5] You know the chick that
[Cm7] used to dance a lot
[C#] Every night she'd be
[F7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[Cm7] Man when I tell ya,
[F7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[A#m7] I mean she was
[A#m7/D#] steaming
VERSE 4:
[G#5] That night over at
[Cm7] Johnny's place
[C#] Well this chick got up
[E] and she slapped Johnny's face
[Cm7] Man we just
[F7sus4] fell about the place
[A#m7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [G#5] [A#5] [C#5] :
[x2] /
[C#sus4] [C#]
BRIDGE:
[Cm7] Spread the
[F7sus4] word around
[A#m7]
Guess who's back in
[D#9sus4] town?
[F7sus4] [C#sus4] [C#]
You spread the
[Cm7] word around
[F7sus4] [A#m7] [D#9sus4] [F7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[G#5] Friday night they'll be
[Cm7] dressed to kill
[C#] Down at dino's
[F7sus4] bar and grill
[Cm7] The drink will flow and
[F7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[A#m7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[G#5] That jukebox in the corner
[Cm7] blasting out my favorite
[C#] song
The nights are getting
[E] warmer, it won't be long
[Cm7] It won't be long till
[F7sus4] summer comes
[A#m7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 