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                  Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
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Tempo: Offbeat/Rock shuffle
Tabbed by: Zerois Great man


     
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----3---6--
D|-6---3---6--
A|-6---1---4--
E|-4----------

   
-3---4--1-----
-4---6--1-----
-3---6--3-----
-5---6--1-----
-3---4--3-----
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-1----6-----0-
-2----8-----0-
-1----8-----1-
-3----8-----2-
-1----6-----2-
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6-----|
4-----|
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[Intro]

 ( riff)  

(Ab5 riff)
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B|------------
G|------------
D|----3-3-3-1-
A|-3----------
E|------------

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------|(Guitar 1 plays it palm muted)
------|(Guitar 2 plays it the way it is)
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3-----|
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[Verse 1]

           
Guess who just

     
 got back toda

y?
            
Those wild eye

              
d boys who've 


been away,
           
They haven't c

              
hanged, haven'

  
t had much to 

say,
          
But man I stil

              
l think those 

       
cats are crazy

.
           
They were aski

         
mg me if you w

ere around,
            
How you was, a

    
nd where you c

ould be found,
           
I told them yo

              
u were living 


down town,
          
Driving all th

      
e old men craz

y.


[Chorus]

           
The boys are b

              
ack in town. (

              
Boys are back 

          
in town)

The boys are b

ack in tow-oo-

ow-own,
          
The boys are b


ack in town.

The boys are b

ack in town (B

oys are back i

n town)
           
The boys are b

     
ack, the boys 

are back


[Riff]

Riff: Guitar 1: (Lower Harmony)

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B|------------
G|--------1-1~
D|-1-1-3h-----
A|------------
E|------------

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-----------1-1
-1--1-1-3h----
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~------------1
---1--1-1-3h--
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First Ending: 
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B|------------
G|--------1-3-
D|-1-1-3h-----
A|------------
E|------------

           Sec
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3-3-3-1---|-3/
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ond Ending:
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5\3-----------
----3/5\3\1---
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------------4~

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Riff: Guitar 2: (Higher Harmony)

e|------------
B|--------1-1~
G|-1-1-3h-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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-----------1-1
-1--1-1-3h----
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~------------1
---1--1-1-3h--
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First + Second Ending.

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B|--------1-2-
G|-1-1-3h-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

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2-2-2-1----|
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[Verse 2]

           
Remember that 

              
chick who used

     
 to dance a lo

t?
            
Every night on

     
 the floor she

'll be shaking

 what she got,
           
Man I tell you

         
 she was cool,

 she was red h

ot.
          
I mean, she wa

     
s steaming.
           
That one time 

        
over at Jonny'

s place,
            
That chick got

          
 up and slappe

d Jonny's face

,
           
Man we just fe

    
ll about the p

lace,
           
And if that gi

              
rl don't want 

            
to know, forge

t her.


[Chorus]

           
The boys are b

              
ack in town. (

              
Boys are back 

          
in town)

The boys are b

ack in tow-oo-

ow-own,
          
The boys are b


ack in town.

The boys are b

ack in town (B

oys are back i

n town)
           
The boys are b

     
ack, the boys 

are back


[Bridge]
       
     You sprea

            
d the word aro


und.
          
Guess whose ba

           
ck in town...o


h...


[Verse 3]

           
Friday night t

           
hey'll be dres

sed to kill,
            
Down at Dino's

 
 bar and grill

,
           
The drinks wil

              
l flow and the

 
 blood will sp

ill,
          
And if those b

              
oys want to fi

     
ght, you'd bet

ter let 'em.
           
The jutebox in

            
 the corner bl


asting out my 

favorite song,
            
The nights are

           
 getting warme

r and it won't

 be long,
           
It won't be lo

        
ng till summer

 comes,
          
Now that those

          
 boys are here


 again.


[Chorus]

           
The boys are b

              
ack in town. (

              
Boys are back 

          
in town)

The boys are b

ack in tow-oo-

ow-own,
          
The boys are b


ack in town.

The boys are b

ack in town (B

oys are back i

n town)
           
The boys are b

     
ack, the boys 

are back


[Outro]

Guitar 1: (Low
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B|------------
G|-1~----1-2-4
D|----1~------
A|------------
E|------------

er Harmony)
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-4~-6~-|
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Guitar 2: (Hig
e|------------
B|-1~----1-2-4
G|----1~------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

her Harmony)
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-----1-2-4----
-1~--------1~-
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-2~-4~-|
-1~-3~-|
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[Riff] "I saw them hanging out at Dino's...."