Song: The Boys
Artist: Keane
Album: Strangeland (2012)
Standard Tuning
Tabbed By: yusof09

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Verse1:
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Bm (x24432@1)                                         E (022100@1)         AThe (x02220@1)boys are grinning from the photograph
     Bm (x24432@1)                                        E (022100@1)         AIt's (x02220@1)Friday night and they're trying so hard
    Bm (x24432@1)                                         E (022100@1)         AThe (x02220@1)sun is dropping and they want to go
  Bm (x24432@1)                                           E (022100@1)         ADriving (x02220@1)into town to see some girls they know

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Chorus:
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E (022100@1)                       GThe (320003@1)boys, blazing on a summer night
                              DGirls (xx0232@1)they want to watch them ride
                         F#mIs (244222@1)that the way it was before?
      ACause (x02220@1)I don't remember
 E (022100@1)                          GBoys, (320003@1)friends at every bar in town
                          DRunning (xx0232@1)all the good days down
                         F#mIs (244222@1)that the way it was before?
      ACause (x02220@1)I don't remember

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Post Chorus:
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Bm (x24432@1)e |----10-----------10------------10------------12-12/14--------|
B |-----------12------------12------------12--------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|

E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)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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Bm (x24432@1)                                              E (022100@1)     AWe (x02220@1)felt like fighters when we caught the plane
 Bm (x24432@1)                                                E (022100@1)     AUntil (x02220@1)that day we'd never heard its name
   Bm (x24432@1)                                              E (022100@1)     AWe (x02220@1)did some things we didn't understand
    Bm (x24432@1)                                             E (022100@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)now we feel like strangers in our own land

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Chorus:
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E (022100@1)                       GThe (320003@1)boys, blazing on a summer night
                              DGirls (xx0232@1)they want to watch them fight
                         F#mIs (244222@1)that the way it was before?
      ACause (x02220@1)I can't remember
 E (022100@1)                          GBoys, (320003@1)friends at every bar in town
                          DRunning (xx0232@1)all the good days down
                         F#mIs (244222@1)that the way it was before?
      A (x02220@1)                  GCause (320003@1)I can't remember

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Bridge/Outro:
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G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)       GThis (320003@1)photograph, I hold it when I sleep
                       D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       GCause (320003@1)people soon stop asking
                D (xx0232@1)               AWhen (x02220@1)I cannot explain what I have seen
                   GAnd (320003@1)at the bars in town
                EAll (022100@1)the boys in town
                              GAre (320003@1)running all the good days down
                          ERunning (022100@1)all the good days down
                          G (320003@1)     ERunning (022100@1)all the good days down
                  BmAll (x24432@1)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 |-------------------------------------------------------------|