The Boy chords by Mark Knopfler

🎸 Intro:

F B Cm F
Bm B Cm F
B


🎸 Verse 1:
B    B   F B
Sandwich in my pocket
Cm   B    F
Topcoat buttoned tight
 F     B    F
Still thirty miles to pedal
B    F       B
On these empty roads at night
    B    B   F B
But the moon’s a giant lantern
    F       Bm7
There’s no need for a light
    F    B    F B   B    B B F B B B F B
I’ll be home in good time in the morning

🎸 Verse 2:
  B     B   F B
The Boy turned pro so early
Cm    B   F
Went down London way
   F   B   F    B
I’ll pay a visit now and then
F        B
Make sure he’s okay
  B    B    F  B
We don’t Do too much talking
    F     Bm7
We look forward anyway
F     B     F
Sometimes we’ll just talk
 B    B  B
About the same old


🎸 Chorus:
B
Who knows where the world is going
F    B
 Nobody does

But all the same
        F
We could never change
     C,
We could never change
 B          F  Fm
Because he’s all we’ve got
      B  F
No more or less
  B    B   F
The Boy, God bless
   B    B  B F B
He’s just The Boy


🎸 Bridge:
Bm               B
 There’s no sign he’ll pack it in
Cm         F
Says why should he stop
  Bm        B    G#m
He makes more money in that gym
   Cm         F  B
Than in any blacksmith’s shop


🎸 Verse 3:
  B    B    F B
He seems to like the glamour
  Cm    B   F
The crowds and city lights
  F       B  F     B
He likes the cash, he likes the flash
  F        B
And fuss around the fights
    B     B    F B
Will he know when it’s all over
    F         Bm7
Will he still be sharp and bright
F    B    F
Still be working
   B    B B
Still be on a payroll?


🎸 Chorus:
B
Who knows where the world is going
F    B
 Nobody does

But all the same
        F
We could never change
     C,
We could never change
 B          F  Fm
Because he’s all we’ve got
      B  F
No more or less
       B
And he’s The Boy
  B   F
God bless
   B    B  F
He’s just The Boy
  B    B   F
The Boy, God bless
   B    B  F
He’s just The Boy


🎸 Outro:
B F
B F
B F
B F
B F
B F