THIN LIZZY - "boys are back in town4" Tablature
Official THIN LIZZY Tablature & Sheet Music »
As recorded by Thin Lizy
(From the 1976 Album JAILBREAK)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Brian Robertson - Overdriven electric'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Scot Gorham - Overdriven electric'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Overdriven electric'
Intro
Q=160(8=s8)
A5 B5 D A5
4/4
Gtr II
W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr I
PM-----------| PM----| PM|
|-3--| |-3-|
H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E +H +E E E E
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------|-------------------4-|-(4)------------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-2---------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----4-4-4-4-7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-0-----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)------------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-|
|-------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D A5
+W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
PM-----------| PM| PM|
|-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E
|--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)------4---7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----4-----7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)----------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-|
|--------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D A5
+W +H. E E +H. E E +H.. E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
PM-----------|
|-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H. E E +H +E E E E
|--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)-----(7)-----2-|
|-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)-----(5)-0-0-0-|
|--------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------------|
A5 B5 D
+W +H. E E +H. E E +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
PM-----------| PM
|-3--|
+H.. E E E E E E E E E E +H +E E E E +H.. E
|--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-(2)----------|-------------------4-|-(4)----(4)-4---7-|-(7)----------|
|-(2)--------0-|--4--4-4-2---2-2---4-|-(4)----(4)-4---7-|-(7)----------|
|-(0)----------|-----------4-------2-|-(2)----(2)-----5-|-(5)--------0-|
|--------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
Verse
$
A5 C#m D F#7sus4 C#m7
H. E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E
||------------------|-----4------4-------|------------------|------------2---4-|
||o-----------------|-----5------5-5---7-|-(7)----(7)-------|------------2---5-|
||--2-----(2)-----6-|-(6)--------4-4---7-|-(7)----(7)-7---4-|-(4)----(4)-----4-|
||--2-----(2)-----6-|-(6)--------------7-|-(7)----(7)-----4-|-(4)----(4)-------|
||o-0-----(0)-0-0-4-|-(4)-----4--------5-|-(5)----(5)-----4-|-(4)----(4)-------|
||------------------|--------------------|--------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-------|
F#m7 Bm7 E9sus4 A5
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H.. E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H +E E E E +E E Q Q E E +Q Q E E E E +H E E E E
|-(4)----(4)-4-----|-------2---------2-|-(2)--2---2-2---2-|-(2)-----2-2------|
|-(5)----(5)-5-----|-----------------3-|-(3)--3---3-3---3-|-(3)-----3-3------|
|-(4)----(4)-------|-----------2-----2-|-(2)--2---------2-|-(2)-----------2--|
|----------------4-|-(4)---------------|--------------4-2-|-(2)-----------2--|
|----------------4-|-(4)---------------|------------------|---------------0--|
|----------------2-|-(2)-2-------------|------------------|------------------|
C#m D
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
+H E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----4--------4-----|
|-----------------|-----5------5-5---7-|
|-(2)-----2-----6-|-(6)--------4-----7-|
|-(2)-----2-2---6-|-(6)-----6--------7-|
|-(0)-----0---0-4-|-(4)-----4----------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
To Coda
Dm7 C#m7
+H +E E E E +H.. E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
+H +E Q E +Q. E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)-------10------9--|
|-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)----10---------9--|
|-(7)----(7)-7---/10-|-(10)----10---------9--|
|--------------------|---------------12------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
F#m7 Bm7 E9sus4
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +W
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H E E E E
|------------------|------------2---2-|-(2)----(2)-2-----|----------2------||
|-(9)----(9)-9-----|------------2---3-|-(3)----(3)-3---3-|-(3)----3--------||
|-(9)----(9)-9-----|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)----2--------||
|-(9)----(9)---x-4-|-(4)----(4)-------|----------------2-|-(2)----2---4-2--||
|--------------x-4-|-(4)----(4)-------|------------------|--------------0--||
|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-------|------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
$$
A5 B5 D A5
W +H. E E +H. E E +H. E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o /
H H +E E a Q E E E E +H +E E E E +H. E E
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|-----------|-------2h3----(0)-----|------------------|--------------|
|-2----2----|-(2)-2---2----------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-7-|-(7)--------2-|
|-2----2----|-(2)-2-2h4--2-------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-7-|-(7)--------2-|
|-0----0----|-(0)--------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-----5-|-(5)------0-0-|
|-----------|----------------------|------------------|--------------|
To Dbl. Coda
A5 B5 D A5
W +H. E E +H. E E +H. E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o /
PM|
W +E E a Q E E E E +H. E E +H +E E E E
|----------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
|----------|-------2h3----------|------------7-|-(7)----(7)-------|
|-2--------|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----(7)-----2-|
|-2--------|-(2)-2-2h4--2-2---4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----(7)-----2-|
|-0--------|-(0)------------0-2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)----(5)-0-0-0-|
|----------|--------------------|--------------|------------------|
B5 D
+W +H.. E +H. E E +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|-3-|
+W +E E Q E E E E +H E E E E +H +E E E E E
|------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------3------3---|--------------7-|-(7)----(7)---------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2-2-2-4-|-(4)----4-x---7-|-(7)----(7)-------6-|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----4--2-2-4-4-|-(4)----4-x---7-|-(7)----(7)-7-7h9-7-|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--0-0--0-0---2-|-(2)----2-----5-|-(5)----(5)-7-7h9---|
|------------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
Guitar Break
Gtrs I, III
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|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-|-9--------------6-|-7-7-7-7-6---|
|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-9----7---7-7h9-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-9-|
|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|-----------9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-|
|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|
|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|
|------------------|------------------|
_______________________
|1.
~~
|-3-| |--3---| |-3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-9--------------6-|---7b9--7-6----------||
|-9----7---7-7h9-7-|---9b11-9-9-7--2-0---||
|------0---7-7h9---|------------7\-4-2--o||
|------------------|---------------------||
|
|Gtr III |--3---| |-3--|
| W a Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|-3-5----3-3-3--2----o||
|------------------|-----------------4---||
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||
______________
|2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
|-7-7-7-7-6---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|-9-9-9-9-7-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|-----------9-|-------------------------|-----------------0-||
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
C#m F#7sus4 Bm7 E9sus4 F#m7
Gtr II
H +E E E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / o /
Gtr I
~~~
H. E E +H +E E E E +H +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------2------|
|-----------------|----------------3-|-(3)----(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3------|
|-----------------|----------------2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)---2-2-(2)--------|
|-----------------|----------------4-|-(4)----(4)-----2-|-(2)---2--------------|
|-/4------------4-|-(4)----(4)-x-x-2-|-(2)----(2)-----2-|-(2)---2-----------4--|
|-------------0-2-|-(2)----(2)-x-x---|--------------0-0-|-(0)-------------0-2--|
Dsus4
|-3-| |-3-|
+W +W H E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
PM-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|----------------------|------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|----------------------|------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|----------------4-4-4-|--4-4-4-----4-4-------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-------|--------4-4-----4-4-x---|--------------------------|
|-(2)--2---------------|----------------2-2-x---|--------------------------|
D C#m F#m7
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E Q Q Q H +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
~~
|--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E Q Q Q H. E E
|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---|----------------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2---|----------------|
|-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---|-6--------------|
|-------------------0-|-4------------4-|
|---------------------|------------0-2-|
Bm7 E9sus4
+H +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / x /
+H. E E +H +E E E E
|---------------2-|-(2)-------(2)-2---2--|
|---------------3-|-(3)-------(3)-3---3--|
|---------------2-|-(2)-------(2)-----2--|
|-------------x-4-|-(4)-------(4)---4-2--|
|-(4)---------x-2-|-(2)-------(2)--------|
|-(2)-------------|-------------------0--|
D.S. al Coda
F#m7
+E E E E +E E E E W +H.. E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o o / / o
PM-------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
+H +E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(2)-------(2)-------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|-(3)-------(3)-3-----|--------------------|---------------------------||
|-(2)-------(2)-------|--------------------|---------------------------||
|-(2)-------(2)-------|--------4-4---------|----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
|-----------------0-4-|-(4)--------4-------|--4---4-4-------4-4-4-4----||
|-(0)-------(0)---0-2-|-(2)----------2-2-2-|----------------2-2-2-2-2/-||
&
Dm7(type 2)C#m7 F#m7 Bm7
Q E E +Q E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +H +E Q E +H E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------|----------2-----|
|-(10)---------10----9-|-(9)----(9)-9\-----|--------2-----7-|
|-(10)------10-------9-|-(9)----(9)-9\-----|--------------7-|
|-(10)------10----10-9-|-(9)----(9)------4-|-(4)----------7-|
|----------------------|-----------------4-|-(4)------------|
|----------------------|-----------------2-|-(2)----2-------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E9sus4
+Q E E +Q E E +H.. E
| | | | | | | |
/ x / / x / / o
+E E Q E E E E +H +E E E E
|-------10----------10-|-(10)-----(10)---------||
|-(7)-----------7-7--7-|--(7)------(7)-7-------||
|-(7)----------------7-|--(7)------(7)---------||
|-(7)-7-------7------7-|--(7)------(7)---------||
|--------------------9-|--(9)------(9)---9-0---||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
&&
A5 A6 A5 A6 A5 A6B5 D5
H. E E +Q Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +H. E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / x / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------------------------|
H +E E E E +W +H. E E +H. E E
|------------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-(7)----(7)-------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-(7)----(7)-----2-|-(2)------------|-(2)---------------|---------------|
|-(7)----(7)-----2-|-(2)------------|-(2)------------/4-|-(4)--------7--|
|-(5)----(5)-0-0-0-|-(0)------------|-(0)----------0-/2-|-(2)--------5--|
|------------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|
A6B5 D5
+W +H. Q +E Q E +E E E E +H.. E +W
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
+Q. E E E E E +W +H.. E +H.. E +W
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------||
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------||
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------||
|-(7)-------7---2-|-(2)---------|-(2)--------------4-|-(4)--------7-|-(7)----||
|-(5)---7s9---9-0-|-(0)---------|-(0)--------------2-|-(2)--------5-|-(5)----||
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------------|--------||
Interlude
Gtrs I, II
~~ ~ ~
H. +E E W Q. E +Q Q a W Q. E +Q Q
||----------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|
||o-5-------(5)s2-|-2--------|-2----3-(3)--5--|------------|-2----3-(3)--5--|
||--6-------(6)s2-|-2--------|-0----2-(2)--4--|---2--------|-0----2-(2)--4--|
||----------------|----------|----------------|-2h4--------|----------------|
||o---------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------|----------------|------------|----------------|
1. 2.
~
|-3-|
a W W W H +E E E E E
|------------|----------|-----------||-------------------|
|------------|-3--------|----------o||-------------------|
|---2--------|-2--------|-4---------||-4----(4)-------6--|
|-2h4--------|-0--------|-2---------||-2----(2)-7-7h9-7--|
|------------|----------|-2--------o||-2----(2)-7-7h9----|
|------------|----------|-0---------||-0----(0)----------|
Outro
Gtrs I, II
~~ ~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-6--------------6-|-6--------------6-|-9--------------6-|-7-7-7-7-6---|
|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-7----7---7-7h9-7-|-9----7---7-7h9-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-9-|
|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|------0---7-7h9---|-----------9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-Riff 1 end Riff 1 -|
| Gtr III
| |-3-|
| W W W H Q Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------2h4-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
with Riff 1 repeated to fade
~~ ~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-2--------------2-|-2--------------2-|-4--------------2-|-4-4-4-4-2---|
|----------2-2h4---|----------2-2h4---|----------2-2h4---|-----------4-|
|------0-----------|------0-----------|------0-----------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|- Riff 2 end Riff 2-|
Repeat Riff 2 to fade
Gtr III
~~ ~~ ~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|-5--------------5-|-5--------------5-|-5--------------5-|-7-7-7-7-5---|
|------6---6-6h7---|------6---6-6h7---|------6---6-6h7---|-----------7-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|
|- Riff 3 end Riff 3-|
Repeat Riff 3 to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-10---------------10-|-10---------------10-|
|-------9---9-9h11----|-------9---9-9h11----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|- Riff 4
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-10---------------10-|-12-12-12-12-10----|
|-------9---9-9h11----|----------------11-|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
end Riff 4 -|
Repeat Riff 4 to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-14------------------14-|-14------------------14-|
|-------14---14-14h16----|-------14---14-14h16----|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|- Riff 5
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-14------------------14-|-15-15-15-15-14----|
|-------14---14-14h16----|----------------16-|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
end Riff 5-|
Riff 5 repeated to fade
~~~ ~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o-17------------------17-|-17------------------17-|
||--------18---18-18h19----|-------18---18-18h19----|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E a Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|---------------------------||
|-17------------------17-|-17b19==19-19-19-19-19----o||
|-------18---18-18h19----|-----------------------19--||
|------------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------------o||
Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great
They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy
The boys are back in town
You know the chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming
That night over at Johnny's place
Well this chick got up and she slapped Johnny's face
Man we just fell about the place
If that chick don't want to know, forget her
Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
If the boys want to fight, you'd better let them
That jukebox in the corner blasting out my favorite song
The nights are getting warmer, it won't be long
It won't be long till summer comes
Now that the boys are here again
The boys are back in town
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official THIN LIZZY tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the NY Times Article. We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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