Song: The Boys
Artist: Keane
Album: Strangeland (2012)
Standard Tuning
Tabbed By: yusof09
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Verse1:
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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
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Chorus:
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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
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Post Chorus:
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Bm
e |----10-----------10------------10------------12-12/14--------|
B |-----------12------------12------------12--------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E A
e |----10-----------10------12------10/12-12-12--12-12-12/14----|
B |-----------12------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse 2:
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/keane/the_boys_tab.html ]
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
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Chorus:
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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
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Bridge/Outro:
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G D A G
This photograph, I hold it when I sleep
D A 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
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Final Riff:
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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 |-------------------------------------------------------------|
