The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy

A classic by Thin Lizzy.

Tabbed by: BASSteve

Tuning: EADG

Time signature: 8/8

r = rest (listen for duration)

*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration. 
you will find that I’ve made an attempt to
strategically space the notes and rests within their respective measures
in order to represent the appropriate durations.


    [Intro]             [..........4x..........]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------3-3-3-1---1-3---|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------3-------|1---------------4---------------|
E|4-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 “ Guess who just got back___ today ? ”
|--------------------------------------|------------6-r--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------6-r-----3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4---7-r----------------------------|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----5-r------5-r--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|3--3-----3--3------------------------|1--1-3--3-4--4-3----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|-------------------------9-r------8-r-|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4--4-4--4-4--4-4---7--7------7--7-----|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|6--6-6--6-6--6-6----------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


     “ The boys are back in town … ”[......3x......]
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1-r-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|--------------------------------------|


     [Dual Guitar Solo #1]      [.........2x.........]
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|3--3-3--3-3--3-3---6--6--6--6--4--3--|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4---6--6-6--6-6--6-6---|-------------------------------------|


     “ You know that chick that used to dance alot ? ”
|--------------------------------------|------------6-r--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------6-r-----3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4---7-r----------------------------|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------|1--1-3--3-4--4-3----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------6-r-----6-r-9-r-----|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4---6-r-7-r-----7-----------7-r-|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|6--6-6--6-6--6-6----------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


     “ The boys are back in town … ”[......3x......]
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1-r-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|--------------------------------------|


     [Dual Guitar Solo #2]     [..........2x..........]
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|3--3-3--3-3--3-3---6--6--6--6--4--3--|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4---6--6-6--6-6--6-6---|-------------------------------------|


                                                 “ Spread the word around. ”
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|4--4--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--------|
|------------------------------------|3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------0-1---|

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|---------------------------------------|
|1--1-1--1-1--1-1----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|


                                            “ You spread the word around. ”
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|4--4--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--------|
|------------------------------------|3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------0-1---|

|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|---------------------------------------|
|1--1-1--1-1--1-1----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|


     “ Friday night they’ll be dressed to kill. ”
|--------------------------------------|------------6-r--------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------6-r-----3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4---7-r----------------------------|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|3--3-3--3-3--3-3----------------------|1--1-3--3-4--4-3----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------6-r-----6-r-9-r-----|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|4---6-r-7-r-----7-----------7-r-|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------3--3-3--3-3--3-3---|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|
|6--6-6--6-6--6-6----------------------|1--1-3--3-4--4-3----------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


     “ The boys are back in town … ”[......2x......]
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|1--1-1--1-1--1-1-r-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|--------------------------------------|


     “ The boys are back in town.        (whispering)Spread the word around. ”
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|1---------------4---------------|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4---|--------------------------------|


     “ The boys are back in town.      (whispering)The boys are back. ”
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|1---------------4---------------|
|4-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


     [Dual Guitar Solo #3] p.(soft)
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----3--3-4--4-6----------3---4--4-6---|-------1--1-2--2-4----------3--3-1--1-----|
|4-----------------4-4--4--------------|2-2--2---------------2-2--2-----------4---|

|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------1--1-2--2-4----------3--3-1--1-----|4--4-4--4-4--4-4---6--6-6--6-6--6-6---|
|2-2--2---------------2-2--2-----------4---|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----3--3-4--4-6----------3---4--4-6---|-------1--1-2--2-4----------3--3-1--1-----|
|4-----------------4-4--4--------------|2-2--2---------------2-2--2-----------4---|

|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----3--3-4--4-6-r--------------------|
|-------1--1-2--2-4----------3--3-1--1-----|4--4---------------6--6--6--6--6--6---|
|2-2--2---------------2-2--2-----------4---|--------------------------------------|


                                                      (repeat and fade)
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------1--1-1--1-1--1-1---|3--3-3--3-3--3-3---4--4--4--4--3--1---|
|4--4-4--4-4--4-4----------------------|--------------------------------------|

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