30% OFF ALL MEMBERSHIPS

SPRING SALE

Good for both monthly and yearly memberships. Discount applies to the lifetime of the membership.

Get the Heartwood Guitar Instruction

FREE Campfire Singalong Songbook

20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

    Image

    Print

    | Save as a MS Word

    This chart will look wacky unless you
    rotate your phone

     

    The Boys Are Back in Town - Easy Power Chord Version

    Thin Lizzy


    Original version tuned ½ step down

     

    Intro:

    / A5 - - - / - - - B5 / - - - D5 / - - - A5 / x4

     

      A5                        C#5

    Guess who just got back today?

               D5                            F#5

    Those wild-eyed boys that had been away

    C#5                                F#5

    Haven't changed, haven't much to say

    B5                                       E5

       But man, I still think them cats are great

     

    A5                               C#5

         They were asking if you were around

    D5                                  F5

    How you was, where you could be found

      C#5                                 F#5            

    I told them you were living downtown

    B5                                 E5

    Driving all the old men crazy

     

    Chorus:

           A5 (2)                        B5    D5

    The boys are back in town

           A5 (2)                        B5    D5

    The boys are back in town

           A5 (2)                        B5    D5

    The boys are back in town

     

    Interlude:

    / A5 - - - / B5 - - - / C#5 - - - / E5 - - - / x2

     

      A5                        C#5

    You know the chick that used to dance a lot

               D5                            F#5

    Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got

    C#5                                F#5

    Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot

    B5                                       E5

    I mean she was steaming

     

      A5                        C#5

    That night over at Johnny's place

    D5                                  F5

    Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face

      C#5                                 F#5

    Man we just fell about the place

    B5                                 E5

    If that chick don't want to know, forget her

     

    Chorus

     

    / A5 - - - / B5 - - - / C#5 - - - / E5 - - - / x2

     

    Bridge:

    w/triplet strum:

    / G5 - - - / D5 - - - /

    resume one chord per measure

    / C#5 - - - / F#5 - - - / B5 - - - / E5 - - - /

    / F#5 - - - / - - - - /

     

    Repeat Bridge

     

      A5                        C#5

    Friday night they'll be dressed to kill

               D5                            F#5

    Down at Dino's bar and grill

    C#5                                F#5

    The drink will flow and blood will spill

    B5                                       E5

    If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them

     

      A5                        C#5

    That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song

    D5                                  F5

    The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long

      C#5                                 F#5

    It won't be long till summer comes

    B5                                 E5

    Now that the boys are here again

     

    Chorus

     

    Outro:

    / A5 - - - / - - - - / G5 - - - / F#5 - - - /

    / G5 - - - / F#5 - - - / D5 - - - / E5 - - - /

     

    Repeat Outro

     

    / A5 - - - / B5 - - - / C#5 - - - / E5 - - - / x4

     

    End on A5


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.