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The Boy's Are Back In Town

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
E
G
BDiagram coming soon
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: G A C (in between G and A, there is this little riff): 
 
hide this tab  D -2--2--0-----0--2---------------------- 
 A ------------2---------------------------- 
 E ------------------------------------------ 
 
 Verse: Played with slight palm muting 
 
 G B 
 Guess who just got back today? 
 C E 
 Those wild-eyed boys that had been away 
 B E 
 Haven't changed, haven't much to say 
 C D 
 But man, I still think those cats are great 
 
 G B 
 They were asking if you were around 
 C E 
 How you was, where you could be found 
 B E 
 I told them you were living downtown 
 C D 
 Driving all the old men crazy 
 
 
 G G A C 
 The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town 
 G A C C C C B A 
 I said the boys are back in town. The boys are back in town. 
 
 
 G B 
 There was this chick who used to dance a lot 
 C E 
 Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she got 
 B E 
 Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot 
 C D 
 I mean she was steaming 
 
 G B 
 That night over at Johnny's place 
 C E 
 Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face 
 B E 
 Man we just fell about the place 
 C D 
 If that chick don't want to know, forget her 
 
 
 G G A C 
 The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town 
 G A C 
 I said the boys are back in town. The boys are back in town 
 G G A C 
 The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town 
 G G A C 
 The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town. 
 
 Jam: GGGG|GGGG|AAAA|CCCC| 
 
hide this tab  Another guitar is playing this:  
 
 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 G--4b5r4-------4b5r4-------4b5r4--------4b5r4---------------4---------------5b7r5----------5b7r5 
 D------------5------------- 5------------------------------- 5------------------------------------------------ 
 A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 End with: G A 
 
 
 After that little part when Art's singing "Spread the word around" you play: 
 
 B|G|C and end with: G|A|B|C 
 
 
 
 G B  
 Friday night they'll be dressed to kill 
 C E 
 Down at Dino's bar and grill 
 B E 
 The drink will flow and blood will spill 
 C D 
 If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them 
 
 G B C 
 That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song 
 E B 
 The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long 
 E 
 It won't be long till summer comes 
 C D 
 Now that the boys are here again 
 
 
 G G A C 
 The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town 
 G A C 
 I said the boys are back in town. The boys are back in town 
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · G · B · C · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.