The Boys chords by Keane

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

The Boys - Keane
Strangeland (2012)

Riff that plays over the intro and verse
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------2-------2-------2------2-----------------|
D MajorD|------2-4------2-4------2-4--------4-------4-------4------4------2-4------|
A augmentedA|-2-2--------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2-------2-----------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse 1:
B minorBm                    E MajorE   A augmentedA
The boys are grinning from the photograph
B minorBm                      E MajorE   A augmentedA
It's Friday night and they're trying so hard
B minorBm                    E MajorE   A augmentedA
The sun is dropping, and they want to go
B minorBm                       E MajorE   A augmentedA
Driving into town to see some girls they know

Chorus:
E MajorE               G+G
The boys, blazing on a summer night
G+G               D MajorD
Girls they want to watch them ride
D MajorD            F# minorF#m
Is that the way it was before?
     F#7F#7
Cause I don't remember
G+G               E MajorE
Boys, friends at every bar in town
E MajorE             D MajorD
Running all the good days down
             F# minorF#m
Is that the way it was before?
     F#7F#7
Cause I don't remember

Solo:
e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10----10-12--10/12-12-12-12-12-12b14-----|
BB|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff that plays over second verse
e|---------------------------5---------------------------------5------------|
BB|-----------5--7---------------7--------------5--7---------------7---------|
G+G|--4-7---4---------4-7---4-----------4-7---4---------4-7---4---------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:
B minorBm                       E MajorE  A augmentedA
We felt like fighters when we caught the plane
B minorBm                       E MajorE  A augmentedA
Until that day we'd never heard its name
B minorBm                       E MajorE  A augmentedA
We did some things we didn't understand
B minorBm                       E MajorE  A augmentedA
And now we feel like strangers in our own land

Chorus:
E MajorE               G+G
The boys, blazing on a summer night
G+G               D MajorD
Girls they want to watch them ride
D MajorD            F# minorF#m
Is that the way it was before?
     F#7F#7
Cause I don't remember
G+G               E MajorE
Boys, friends at every bar in town
E MajorE             D MajorD
Running all the good days down
             F# minorF#m
Is that the way it was before?
     F#7F#7
Cause I don't remember


Outro:
G+G         D MajorD       A augmentedA
This photograph, I hold it when I sleep
G+G            D MajorD    F# minorF#m
Because people soon stop asking
G+G         D MajorD        A augmentedA
When I cannot explain what I have seen
          G+G
And at the bars in town
        E MajorE
All the boys in town
                G+G
Are running all the good days down
              E MajorE
Running all the good days down
             G+G E MajorE
Running all the good days down
         B minorBm
All the good days down


Outro Solo:
e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10-----10------10------10-12b------------|
BB|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10----10-12--10/12-12-12-12-12-12b14-----|
BB|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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