Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Key: :[D] (w: Philip Parris Lynott) (Original Key: G#)
INTRO: [D5] [E5] [G5] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[D5] Guess who just got
[F#m7] back today?
[G] Those wild-eyed boys
[B7sus4] that had been away
[F#m7] Haven't changed, hadn't
[B7sus4] much to say
[Em7] But man, I still think them
[Em7/A] cats are crazy
VERSE 2:
[D5] They were asking
[F#m7] if you were around
[G] How you was, where you
[A#] could be found
[F#m7] I told them you were living
[B7sus4] downtown
[Em7] Driving all the old men
[Em7/A] crazy
CHORUS:
[D5] The boys are back in town
[E5] [G5]
I said
[D5] The boys are back in town
[E5] [G5]
[D5] The boys are back in town
[E5] [G5]
I said
[D5] The boys are back in town
[E5] [G5]
INSTRUMENTAL: [D5] [E5] [G5] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[D5] You know the chick that
[F#m7] used to dance a lot
[G] Every night she'd be
[B7sus4] on the floor shaking what she'd got
[F#m7] Man when I tell ya,
[B7sus4] "she was cool, she was red hot"
[Em7] I mean she was
[Em7/A] steaming
VERSE 4:
[D5] That night over at
[F#m7] Johnny's place
[G] Well this chick got up
[A#] and she slapped Johnny's face
[F#m7] Man we just
[B7sus4] fell about the place
[Em7] If that chick don't want to know, forget her
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [D5] [E5] [G5] :
[x2] /
[Gsus4] [G]
BRIDGE:
[F#m7] Spread the
[B7sus4] word around
[Em7]
Guess who's back in
[A9sus4] town?
[B7sus4] [Gsus4] [G]
You spread the
[F#m7] word around
[B7sus4] [Em7] [A9sus4] [B7sus4]
VERSE 5:
[D5] Friday night they'll be
[F#m7] dressed to kill
[G] Down at dino's
[B7sus4] bar and grill
[F#m7] The drink will flow and
[B7sus4] blood will spill
And if the
[Em7] boys want to fight, you'd better let them
VERSE 6:
[D5] That jukebox in the corner
[F#m7] blasting out my favorite
[G] song
The nights are getting
[A#] warmer, it won't be long
[F#m7] It won't be long till
[B7sus4] summer comes
[Em7] Now that the boys are here again
REPEAT CHORUS: 