Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[A] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [A5] [B5] [D5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[A5] Guess who just got
[C#m7] back today?
[D] Those wild-eyed boys
[F#7sus4] that had been away
[C#m7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[F#7sus4] much to say
[Bm7] But man, I still think them
[Bm7/E] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[A5] They were asking
[C#m7] if you were around
[D] How you was, where you
[F] could be found
[C#m7] I told them you were living
[F#7sus4] downtown
[Bm7] Driving all the old men
[Bm7/E] crazy
CHORUS:
[A5] The boys are back in town
[B5] [D5]
I said
[A5] The boys are back in town
[B5] [D5]
[A5] The boys are back in town
[B5] [D5]
I said
[A5] The boys are back in town
[B5] [D5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [A5] [B5] [D5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[A5] You know the chick that
[C#m7] used to dance a lot
[D] Every night she'd be
[F#7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[C#m7] Man when I tell ya,
[F#7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[Bm7] I mean she was
[Bm7/E] steaming
VERSE 4:
[A5] That night over at
[C#m7] Johnny's place
[D] Well this chick got up
[F] and she slapped Johnny's face
[C#m7] Man we just
[F#7sus4] fell about the place
[Bm7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [A5] [B5] [D5] :
[x2] /
[Dsus4] [D]
BRIDGE:
[C#m7] Spread the
[F#7sus4] word around
[Bm7]
Guess who's back in
[E9sus4] town?
[F#7sus4] [Dsus4] [D]
You spread the
[C#m7] word around
[F#7sus4] [Bm7] [E9sus4] [F#7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[A5] Friday night they'll be
[C#m7] dressed to kill
[D] Down at dino's
[F#7sus4] bar and grill
[C#m7] The drink will flow and
[F#7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[Bm7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[A5] That jukebox in the corner
[C#m7] blasting out my favorite
[D] song
The nights are getting
[F] warmer, it won't be long
[C#m7] It won't be long till
[F#7sus4] summer comes
[Bm7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 