THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
As recorded by Thin Lizy
(From the 1976 Album JAILBREAK)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Robertson - Overdriven electric'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scot Gorham - Overdriven electric'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Overdriven electric'
Intro
Q=160(8=s8)
A5 B5 D A5
4/4
Gtr II
W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
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/ / / / / / /
Gtr I PM-----------| PM----| PM--| |-3--| |-3-------------------------|
H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E +H +E E E E|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------||-2-----------|-------------------4-|-(4)------------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-2---------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----4-4-4-4-7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-0-----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)------------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-||-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D A5
+W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
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/ / / / / / /
PM-----------| PM| PM|
|-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E|--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------||--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------||-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)------4---7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----4-----7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)----------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-||--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D A5
+W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
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/ / / / / / /
PM-----------| |-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H. E E +H +E E E E|--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------||--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------||-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-||-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-||--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D
+W +H. E E +H. E E +W
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/ / / / / /
PM-----------| PM
|-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H +E E E E +H.. E|--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------||--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------||-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)----(4)-4---7-|-(7)----------||-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----(4)-4---7-|-(7)----------||-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)----(2)-----5-|-(5)--------0-||--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
Verse
$
A5 C#m D F#7sus4 C#m7
H. E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E||------------------|-----4------4-------|------------------|------------2---4-|||o-----------------|-----5------5-5---7-|-(7)----(7)-------|------------2---5-|||--2-----(2)-----6-|-(6)--------4-4---7-|-(7)----(7)-7---4-|-(4)----(4)-----4-|||--2-----(2)-----6-|-(6)--------------7-|-(7)----(7)-----4-|-(4)----(4)-------|||o-0-----(0)-0-0-4-|-(4)-----4--------5-|-(5)----(5)-----4-|-(4)----(4)-------|||------------------|--------------------|--------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-------|
F#m7 Bm7 E9sus4 A5
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H.. E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H +E E E E +E E Q Q E E +Q Q E E E E +H E E E E|-(4)----(4)-4-----|-------2---------2-|-(2)--2---2-2---2-|-(2)-----2-2------||-(5)----(5)-5-----|-----------------3-|-(3)--3---3-3---3-|-(3)-----3-3------||-(4)----(4)-------|-----------2-----2-|-(2)--2---------2-|-(2)-----------2--||----------------4-|-(4)---------------|--------------4-2-|-(2)-----------2--||----------------4-|-(4)---------------|------------------|---------------0--||----------------2-|-(2)-2-------------|------------------|------------------|
C#m D
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / /
+H E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----4--------4-----||-----------------|-----5------5-5---7-||-(2)-----2-----6-|-(6)--------4-----7-||-(2)-----2-2---6-|-(6)-----6--------7-||-(0)-----0---0-4-|-(4)-----4----------||-----------------|--------------------|
To Coda
Dm7 C#m7
+H +E E E E +H.. E
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/ / / / / /
+H +E Q E +Q. E E E E E|--------------------|-----------------------||-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)-------10------9--||-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)----10---------9--||-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)----10---------9--||--------------------|---------------12------||--------------------|-----------------------|
F#m7 Bm7 E9sus4
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +W
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H E E E E|------------------|------------2---2-|-(2)----(2)-2-----|----------2------|||-(9)----(9)-9-----|------------2---3-|-(3)----(3)-3---3-|-(3)----3--------|||-(9)----(9)-9-----|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)----2--------|||-(9)----(9)---x-4-|-(4)----(4)-------|----------------2-|-(2)----2---4-2--|||--------------x-4-|-(4)----(4)-------|------------------|--------------0--|||----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-------|------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
$$
A5 B5 D A5
W +H. E E +H. E E +H. E E
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/ / / / / / o /
H H +E E a Q E E E E +H +E E E E +H. E E|-----------|----------------------|------------------|--------------||-----------|-------2h3----(0)-----|------------------|--------------||-2----2----|-(2)-2---2----------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-7-|-(7)--------2-||-2----2----|-(2)-2-2h4--2-------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-7-|-(7)--------2-||-0----0----|-(0)--------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-----5-|-(5)------0-0-||-----------|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
To Dbl. Coda
A5 B5 D A5
W +H. E E +H. E E +H. E E
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/ / / / / / o /
PM| W +E E a Q E E E E +H. E E +H +E E E E|----------|--------------------|--------------|------------------||----------|-------2h3----------|------------7-|-(7)----(7)-------||-2--------|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----(7)-----2-||-2--------|-(2)-2-2h4--2-2---4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----(7)-----2-||-0--------|-(0)------------0-2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)----(5)-0-0-0-||----------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
B5 D
+W +H.. E +H. E E +W
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/ / / / / /
|-3-| +W +E E Q E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E E|------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------||------------|--------3------3---|--------------7-|-(7)----(7)---------||-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2-2-2-4-|-(4)----4-x---7-|-(7)----(7)-------6-||-(2)--------|-(2)----4--2-2-4-4-|-(4)----4-x---7-|-(7)----(7)-7-7h9-7-||-(0)--------|-(0)--0-0--0-0---2-|-(2)----2-----5-|-(5)----(5)-7-7h9---||------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
Guitar Break
Gtrs I, III
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|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-|-9--------------6-|-7-7-7-7-6---||-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-9----7---7-7h9-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-9-||------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|-----------9-||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------||-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-||-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-||------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---||------------------|------------------|
_______________________
|1.
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|-3-| |--3---| |-3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||-9--------------6-|---7b9--7-6----------|||-9----7---7-7h9-7-|---9b11-9-9-7--2-0---|||------0---7-7h9---|------------7\-4-2--o|||------------------|---------------------||
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|Gtr III |--3---| |-3--|
| W a Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|-3-5----3-3-3--2----o|||------------------|-----------------4---|||------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------||
______________
|2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|||-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|||-7-7-7-7-6---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|||-9-9-9-9-7-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|||-----------9-|-------------------------|-----------------0-|||-------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
C#m F#7sus4 Bm7 E9sus4 F#m7
Gtr II
H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +Q. E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / o /
Gtr I ~~~ H. E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|-----------------|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------2------||-----------------|----------------3-|-(3)----(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3------||-----------------|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)---2-2-(2)--------||-----------------|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)-----2-|-(2)---2--------------||-/4------------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)---2-----------4--||-------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-x-x---|--------------0-0-|-(0)-------------0-2--|
Dsus4
|-3-| |-3-|
+W +W H E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / /
PM-------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3---|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||----------------------|------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||----------------------|------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||----------------4-4-4-|--4-4-4-----4-4-------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-------|--------4-4-----4-4-x---|--------------------------||-(2)--2---------------|----------------2-2-x---|--------------------------|
D C#m F#m7
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q Q Q H +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~~
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q Q H. E E|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------||-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---|----------------||-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------||-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---|-6--------------||-------------------0-|-4------------4-||---------------------|------------0-2-|
Bm7 E9sus4
+H +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / x /
+H. E E +H +E E E E|---------------2-|-(2)-------(2)-2---2--||---------------3-|-(3)-------(3)-3---3--||---------------2-|-(2)-------(2)-----2--||-------------x-4-|-(4)-------(4)---4-2--||-(4)---------x-2-|-(2)-------(2)--------||-(2)-------------|-------------------0--|
D.S. al Coda
F#m7
+E E E E +E E E E W +H.. E
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/ / / / / / o o / / o
PM-------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
+H +E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-(2)-------(2)-------|--------------------|---------------------------|||-(3)-------(3)-3-----|--------------------|---------------------------|||-(2)-------(2)-------|--------------------|---------------------------|||-(2)-------(2)-------|--------4-4---------|----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|||-----------------0-4-|-(4)--------4-------|--4---4-4-------4-4-4-4----|||-(0)-------(0)---0-2-|-(2)----------2-2-2-|----------------2-2-2-2-2/-||
&
Dm7(type 2)C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
Q E E +Q E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +H +E Q E +H E E E E|----------------------|-------------------|----------2-----||-(10)---------10----9-|-(9)----(9)-9\-----|--------2-----7-||-(10)------10-------9-|-(9)----(9)-9\-----|--------------7-||-(10)------10----10-9-|-(9)----(9)------4-|-(4)----------7-||----------------------|-----------------4-|-(4)------------||----------------------|-----------------2-|-(2)----2-------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E9sus4
+Q E E +Q E E +H.. E
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/ x / / x / / o
+E E Q E E E E +H +E E E E|-------10----------10-|-(10)-----(10)---------|||-(7)-----------7-7--7-|--(7)------(7)-7-------|||-(7)----------------7-|--(7)------(7)---------|||-(7)-7-------7------7-|--(7)------(7)---------|||--------------------9-|--(9)------(9)---9-0---|||----------------------|-----------------------||
&&
A5 A6 A5 A6 A5 A6B5 D5
H. E E +Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +H. E E
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/ o / / / / x / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------------------------|
H +E E E E +W +H. E E +H. E E|------------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------||-(7)----(7)-------|----------------|-------------------|---------------||-(7)----(7)-----2-|-(2)------------|-(2)---------------|---------------||-(7)----(7)-----2-|-(2)------------|-(2)------------/4-|-(4)--------7--||-(5)----(5)-0-0-0-|-(0)------------|-(0)----------0-/2-|-(2)--------5--||------------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|
A6B5 D5
+W +H. Q +E Q E +E E E E +H.. E +W
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
+Q. E E E E E +W +H.. E +H.. E +W|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------|||-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------|||-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------|||-(7)-------7---2-|-(2)---------|-(2)--------------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----|||-(5)---7s9---9-0-|-(0)---------|-(0)--------------2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)----|||-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------||
Interlude Gtrs I, II ~~ ~ ~ H. +E E W Q. E +Q Q a W Q. E +Q Q||----------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|||o-5-------(5)s2-|-2--------|-2----3-(3)--5--|------------|-2----3-(3)--5--|||--6-------(6)s2-|-2--------|-0----2-(2)--4--|---2--------|-0----2-(2)--4--|||----------------|----------|----------------|-2h4--------|----------------|||o---------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|||----------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|
1. 2. ~ |-3-| a W W W H +E E E E E|------------|----------|-----------||-------------------||------------|-3--------|----------o||-------------------||---2--------|-2--------|-4---------||-4----(4)-------6--||-2h4--------|-0--------|-2---------||-2----(2)-7-7h9-7--||------------|----------|-2--------o||-2----(2)-7-7h9----||------------|----------|-0---------||-0----(0)----------|
Outro
Gtrs I, II
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|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-|-9--------------6-|-7-7-7-7-6---||-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-9----7---7-7h9-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-9-||------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|-----------9-||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||-Riff 1 end Riff 1 -|
| Gtr III| |-3-|| W W W H Q Q Q|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|---------2h4-||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
with Riff 1 repeated to fade
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|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||-2--------------2-|-2--------------2-|-4--------------2-|-4-4-4-4-2---||----------2-2h4---|----------2-2h4---|----------2-2h4---|-----------4-||------0-----------|------0-----------|------0-----------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||- Riff 2 end Riff 2-|
Repeat Riff 2 to fade
Gtr III
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|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||-5--------------5-|-5--------------5-|-5--------------5-|-7-7-7-7-5---||------6---6-6h7---|------6---6-6h7---|------6---6-6h7---|-----------7-||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------||- Riff 3 end Riff 3-|
Repeat Riff 3 to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------||-10---------------10-|-10---------------10-||-------9---9-9h11----|-------9---9-9h11----||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||- Riff 4
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------------|-------------------||-10---------------10-|-12-12-12-12-10----||-------9---9-9h11----|----------------11-||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------||---------------------|-------------------| end Riff 4 -|
Repeat Riff 4 to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------||-14------------------14-|-14------------------14-||-------14---14-14h16----|-------14---14-14h16----||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||- Riff 5
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------------|-------------------||-14------------------14-|-15-15-15-15-14----||-------14---14-14h16----|----------------16-||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------| end Riff 5-|
Riff 5 repeated to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E||-------------------------|------------------------|||o-17------------------17-|-17------------------17-|||--------18---18-18h19----|-------18---18-18h19----|||-------------------------|------------------------|||o------------------------|------------------------|||-------------------------|------------------------|
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------------|---------------------------|||-17------------------17-|-17b19==19-19-19-19-19----o|||-------18---18-18h19----|-----------------------19--|||------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------|--------------------------o||
Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
You know the chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming
That night over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
It won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
