The Boys

Song: The Boys Artist: Keane Album: Strangeland (2012) Standard Tuning -------------------- Verse1: -------------------- Bm A The boys are grinning from the photograph Bm A It's Friday night and they're trying so hard Bm A The sun is dropping and they want to go Bm A Driving into town to see some girls they know -------------------- Chorus: -------------------- E G The boys, blazing on a summer night D Girls they want to watch them ride F#m Is that the way it was before? A Cause I don't remember E G Boys, friends at every bar in town D Running all the good days down F#m Is that the way it was before? A Cause I don't remember -------------------- Post Chorus: -------------------- Bm e |----10-----------10------------10------------12-12/14--------| B |-----------12------------12------------12--------------------| G |-------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------| A |-------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------| EA e |----10-----------10------12------10/12-12-12--12-12-12/14----| B |-----------12------------------------------------------------| G |-------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------| A |-------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------- Verse 2: -------------------- Bm A We felt like fighters when we caught the plane Bm A Until that day we'd never heard its name Bm A We did some things we didn't understand Bm A And now we feel like strangers in our own land -------------------- Chorus: -------------------- E G The boys, blazing on a summer night D Girls they want to watch them fight F#m Is that the way it was before? A Cause I can't remember E G Boys, friends at every bar in town D Running all the good days down F#m Is that the way it was before? A G Cause I can't remember -------------------- Bridge/Outro: -------------------- G D A G This photograph, I hold it when I sleep D G Cause people soon stop asking 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 -------------------- Final Riff: -------------------- e |----10-----------10------------10------------12-12/14--------| B |-----------12------------12------------12--------------------| G |-------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------| X2 A |-------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------| e |----10-10---------10-10---------10--------------12-12/14-----| B |-----------12------------12------------12--------------------| G |-------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------| A |-------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------| e |----10-----------10------12------10/12-12-12-12-12-14\-------| B |-----------12------------------------------------------------| G |-------------------------------------------------------------| D |-------------------------------------------------------------| A |-------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------|