The Boys Chords

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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | b Bend | / Slide up ************************************