The Boys Are Back In Town Tab

This is a very simplified version of some published tab. It's not quite
complete yet, as it's missing the bridge and solo bits, but here are the
intro, verse and chorus patterns to get you started. I'll post the updated
version later ...
 
 
[Intro] PATTERN (also used elsewhere)
(play 4 times for intro)
 
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------7----|
A|---7-----7--9--9--9--7----7--9----9-----5----|
E|---5--------------------9---------7----------|
 
[Verse] PATTERN (repeat as necessary)
 
      A5                               C#m/G#               D
      Guess who just got               back today      them wild - eyed boys
      You know that chick that used to dance alot      every night she'd be on
e|------------------------------------4-----4--4-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------5-----5--5------------7------7---7-----|
G|---2-----------2---2----------------6-----6--6------------7------7---7-----|
D|---2-----------2---2----------------6-----6--6------------7------7---7-----|
A|---0-----------0---0----------------4-----4--4------------5------5---5-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
           F#sus4                   C#m7                      F#sus4
   hat had been away                   haven't changed, hadn't much to say
    the floor shakin' what she'd got   man when I tell you she was cool, she
e|----------------------------------4----------4----4------------------------|
B|----------2-----2-----------------5----------5----5----------2-------2-----|
G|----------4-----4-----------------4----------4----4----------4-------4-----|
D|----------4-----4-----------------6----------6----6----------4-------4-----|
A|----------4-----4--------------------------------------------4-------4-----|
E|----------2-----2--------------------------------------------2-------2-----|
 
                      D                             E11
                 but man, I still think them cats are crazy (etc. repeat)
   was red hot                      I mean, she was steaming (etc. repeat)
e|-------------------------------------------------2-------------------------|
B|-------------------7---------7-----7-------------3-------------------------|
G|-------------------7---------7-----7-------------2-------------------------|
D|-------------------7---------7-----7-------------2-------------------------|
A|-------------------5---------5-----5-------------2-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 [Chorus] PATTERN (repeat as necessary)
 
         A                                               B5           D
     The boys are back in town
                              The boys are back in town
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-----------------------------------------------4------------7-------|
D|------2-----------------------------------------------4------------7-------|
A|------0-----------------------------------------------2------------5-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
                   A                                              B
        I said, the boys are back in town
                                         The boys are back in town      (etc.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------2----------------------------------------------4-----------|
D|----------------2----------------------------------------------4-----------|
A|----------------0----------------------------------------------2-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    D
   repeat as necessary)
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|--7-------------------|
D|--7-------------------|
A|--5-------------------|
E|----------------------|
 
  [Chorus] RIFF
       A                     A/B                   Aadd9/C#
e|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
G|----6----------------------6-------|--------------9-------|
D|---------7----7--9--7-----------7--|--7--9--7----------7--|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
 
                 E7                  A                    A/B
e|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------7--7--7--7--6-------6-------|-------------6-------|
D|--7--9--7--------------------9---------7--|--7--9--7---------7--|
A|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|---------------------|
 
             Aadd9/C#                E7
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------9--------------------9--7--7--6--------------|
D|--7--9--7---------7----7--9--7----------------7-----------|
A|--------------------------------------------------4--4--2~|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
 
Good luck - play along with the recording for help with the timing.
Steve
 
 
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| ~  Vibrato
 
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