Originally in Ab, I play in D
D | D | Em | G |
x 4 |
D | F#m7 |
Guess who just got b | ack today |
G | Bm |
Them wild eyed boys that | had been away |
F#m7 | Bm |
Haven’t changed, | hadn’t much to say |
Em7 | Em7/A | |
But m | an I still think them | cats are crazy |
D | F#m7 |
They were asking if | you were around |
G | A# |
How you was, where you | could be found |
F#m7 | Bm |
I told them you were living dow | ntown |
Em7 | Em7/A |
Driving all the old men c | razy |
D | Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
D | Em | G | |
I said the | boys are back in town, the | boys are back in town |
D | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the | boys are back in town |
D | D | Em | G |
x2 |
D | F#m7 |
You know that chick that | used to dance a lot |
G | Bm |
Every night she’d be on the | floor shakin’ what she’d got |
F#m7 | Bm |
Man, when I tell you she was | cool, she was red hot |
Em7 | Em7/A |
I mean she was steam | ing |
D | F#m7 |
And that time over at J | ohnny’s place |
G | A# |
Well, this chick got up and sh | e slapped Johnny’s face |
F#m7 | Bm |
Man, we just fell | about the place |
Em7 | Em7/A | |
If t | hat chick don’t wanna know, f | orget her |
D | Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
D | Em | G | |
I said the | boys are back in town, the | boys are back in town |
D | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the | boys are back in town |
D | D | Em | G |
x2 |
C | G |
Bridge
F#m7 | Bm |
Spread the w | ord around |
Em7 | Em7/A | Bm |
Guess who’s back in town |
C | G | ||||
F#m7 | Bm | Em7 | Em7/A | Bm | |
You spread the | word around |
D | F#m7 |
Friday night they’ll be d | ressed to kill |
G | Bm |
Down at Dino’s | bar and grill |
F#m7 | Bm |
The drink will flow and b | lood will spill |
Em7 | Em7/A | |
And if the | boys wanna fight you better | let ‘em |
D | F#m7 | G |
That jukebox in the corner b | lasting out my fav’rite so | ng |
A# | |
The nights are getting w | armer, it won’t be long |
F#m7 | Bm |
Won’t be long till s | ummer comes |
Em7 | Em7/A |
Now that the boys are here | again |
D | Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
D | Em | G | |
The | boys are back in town, the | boys are back in town |
Quiet
D | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
Spoken
Em | G |
Spread the word | around |
D | |
The | boys are back in town, the boys are back in town |
Em | G | |
The | boys are back, the boys | are back |
Solo
D | D | C | Bm | C | Bm | G | A |
x 2 |
Fade with ad libs
D | D | Em | G |
x2 |