Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[C#] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [C#5] [D#5] [F#5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[C#5] Guess who just got
[Fm7] back today?
[F#] Those wild-eyed boys
[A#7sus4] that had been away
[Fm7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[A#7sus4] much to say
[D#m7] But man, I still think them
[D#m7/G#] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[C#5] They were asking
[Fm7] if you were around
[F#] How you was, where you
[A] could be found
[Fm7] I told them you were living
[A#7sus4] downtown
[D#m7] Driving all the old men
[D#m7/G#] crazy
CHORUS:
[C#5] The boys are back in town
[D#5] [F#5]
I said
[C#5] The boys are back in town
[D#5] [F#5]
[C#5] The boys are back in town
[D#5] [F#5]
I said
[C#5] The boys are back in town
[D#5] [F#5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [C#5] [D#5] [F#5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[C#5] You know the chick that
[Fm7] used to dance a lot
[F#] Every night she'd be
[A#7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[Fm7] Man when I tell ya,
[A#7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[D#m7] I mean she was
[D#m7/G#] steaming
VERSE 4:
[C#5] That night over at
[Fm7] Johnny's place
[F#] Well this chick got up
[A] and she slapped Johnny's face
[Fm7] Man we just
[A#7sus4] fell about the place
[D#m7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [C#5] [D#5] [F#5] :
[x2] /
[F#sus4] [F#]
BRIDGE:
[Fm7] Spread the
[A#7sus4] word around
[D#m7]
Guess who's back in
[G#9sus4] town?
[A#7sus4] [F#sus4] [F#]
You spread the
[Fm7] word around
[A#7sus4] [D#m7] [G#9sus4] [A#7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[C#5] Friday night they'll be
[Fm7] dressed to kill
[F#] Down at dino's
[A#7sus4] bar and grill
[Fm7] The drink will flow and
[A#7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[D#m7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[C#5] That jukebox in the corner
[Fm7] blasting out my favorite
[F#] song
The nights are getting
[A] warmer, it won't be long
[Fm7] It won't be long till
[A#7sus4] summer comes
[D#m7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 