The Boys chords by Keane

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

The Boys - Keane
Strangeland (2012)

Riff that plays over the intro and verse
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------2-------2-------2------2-----------------|
D|------2-4------2-4------2-4--------4-------4-------4------4------2-4------|
A|-2-2--------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2-------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
Bm E A

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

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

Solo:
e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10----10-12--10/12-12-12-12-12-12b14-----|
B|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff that plays over second verse
e|---------------------------5---------------------------------5------------|
B|-----------5--7---------------7--------------5--7---------------7---------|
G|--4-7---4---------4-7---4-----------4-7---4---------4-7---4---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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


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


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


Outro Solo:
e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10-----10------10------10-12b------------|
B|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-10-----10------10------10-12b---10----10-12--10/12-12-12-12-12-12b14-----|
B|----12------12------12--------------12------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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