The Boys Light Up Acoustic Live chords by Reyne James

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Performance @ Tripple M

Verse 1:
B minorBm             G+G
I wanna tell you about my mountain home,
A augmentedA           B minorBm
Where all the ladies' names are Joan,
B minorBm             G+G
when her husband works back late at night,
A augmentedA
hopes are up for trouser's down,
     B minorBm
with the hostess on the business flight.
       G+G
Taxi in her Mercedes drive,
A augmentedA           B minorBm
I hope that driver's coming out alive,
B minorBm
the garden it is Dorseted,
    G+G
that lady she's so corseted,
A augmentedA            B minorBm
she's got fifteen ways to lead that boy astray.
B minorBm
Thinks he's one and only,
     G+G
but that lovely she's so lonely,
   A augmentedA
she pumps him full of breakfast,
     B minorBm
and she sends him on his way.

Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm
What a sing song dance,
    A augmentedA
what a performance,
    G+G
what a cheap tent show,
  F#F#
oh no no no no no,

Chorus:
A augmentedA    B minorBm
then the boys light up,
     G+G
then the boys light up,
     A augmentedA
then the boys light up,
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up

A augmentedA    B minorBm
then the boys light up,
     G+G
then the boys light up,
     A augmentedA
then the boys light up,
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up

Verse 2:
B minorBm
Let your body get down Do the boogaloo
G+G
Just like the cover of I want yooo
A augmentedA
Look around ya gunna do
B minorBm
what ya do when the red coats do
B minorBm
So round up the possy, call up the crew
G+G
ya buds at the door and ya bring your own booze
A augmentedA
call up Naghbours coz they can come to
B minorBm
Be sure bring your records coz I only got a few
B minorBm
Singin bar bar black sheep

Have you any wool
G+G
Yes sir yes sir a Nickel bag full
A augmentedA
Some for my partner n some for my crew
B minorBm
Some for my gunnga baby she needs to
B minorBm
Coz just like me
G+G        A augmentedA
they long to be  High
B minorBm
Coz just like me
G+G         A augmentedA
they long to be  High

Instrumental:
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA B minorBm

Verse 3:
B minorBm      G+G
Silently she opens the drawer
A augmentedA
Mother's little helper,
   B minorBm
is coming out for more,
B minorBm            G+G
Stategically positioned before the midday show,
   A augmentedA
The back is arched, those lips are parched,
 B minorBm
repeated blow by blow,
B minorBm            G+G
Later at the party where all the MP's rave
      A augmentedA
About the hummers she's been givin',
     B minorBm
and the money that they saved,
B minorBm
To her it is skin lotion,
G+G
him promotion too,
 A augmentedA              B minorBm
that flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view.

Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm
What a sing song dance,
    A augmentedA
what a performance,
    G+G
what a cheap tent show,
  F#F#
oh no no no no no,

Chorus:
A augmentedA    B minorBm
then the boys light up,
     G+G
then the boys light up,
     A augmentedA
then the boys light up,
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up

A augmentedA    B minorBm
then the boys light up,
     G+G
then the boys light up,
     A augmentedA
then the boys light up,
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up

Chorus Variation:
A augmentedA B minorBm
   then the boys light up,
G+G
   then the boys light up,
A augmentedA
   then the boys light up,
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up

A augmentedA B minorBm
   then the boys light up, (then the boys light up)
G+G
   then the boys light up, (then the boys light up)
A augmentedA
   then the boys light up, (then the boys light up)
     B minorBm
then the boys light up, light up, light up