The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

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[Intro]
             x4

[Verse]
            
Guess who just

        
 got back toda

y
             
Them wild eyed

          
 boys that had

            
 been away.
              
Haven't change

   
d, hadn't much

 to say
           
But, man, I st

              
ill think them


 cats are craz

y.

             
They were aski

      
ng if you were

 around,
             
How you was, w

      
here you could

 be found.
             
I told them yo

              
u were living 


downtown.
            
Driving all th

     
e old men craz

y.

[Chorus]
             
The boys are b

              
ack in town, t

              
he boys are ba

                     
ck in town
             
I said the boy

              
s are back in 

             
town. The boys

              
 are back in t

    
own
    
The boys are b

ack in town, t

he boys are ba

ck in town
             
The boys are b

              
ack in town, t

   
he boys are ba

ck in town.

[Interlude]
        

[Verse]
             
You know that 

           
chick that use

d to dance a l

ot
             
Ev'ry night sh

         
e'd be on the 

              
floor shakin' 

           
what she'd got

.
              
Man, when I te

            
ll you she was

              
 cool, she was

            
 red hot!
              
I mean she was

   
 steaming.

             
And at that ti

            
me over at Joh

nny's place,
             
Well, this chi

              
ck got up and 

  
she slapped Jo

hnny's face.
             
Man! We just f


ell about the 

place.
            
If that chick 

              
don't wanna kn

       
ow, forget her

!

[Chorus]
             
The boys are b

              
ack in town, t

              
he boys are ba

                     
ck in town
             
I said the boy

              
s are back in 

             
town. The boys

              
 are back in t

    
own
    
The boys are b

ack in town, t

he boys are ba

ck in town
             
The boys are b

              
ack in town, t

   
he boys are ba

ck in town.

[Interlude]
        
  

[Bridge]
            
   Spread the 

         
word around, G

            
uess who's bac

                   
k in town.
             
Just spread th

                       
e word around.

[Verse]
             
Friday night t

           
hey'll be dres

sed to kill
             
Down at Dino's

 
 bar and grill
            
The drink will

              
 flow and the 

     
blood will spi

ll
           
And if the boy

              
s wanna fight 

           
you better let

 'em.

             
That jukebox i

              
n the corner b

            
lasting out my

             
 fav'rite song

.
              
The nights are

            
 getting warme

              
r, it won't be

        
 long,
              
Won't be long 


till summer co

mes
            
Now that the b

             
oys are here a


gain.