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Rough Boys

Pete Townshend

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From: Litgo@aol.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 16:43:31 -0400


Rough Boys
By Pete Townshend
>From Empty Glass, 1980

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Cadd9 x32033
G/B   x20033


[intro - let open D ring throughout]
  A   G   B   G         D  G  B   G x2  D [pedal]
|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|
|-10--8---12--8-----||--7--8--12--8--||-7-------------------|
|-9---7---11--7-----||--7--7--11--7--||-7-------------------|
|-0-----------------||--0------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|
|-------------------||---------------||---------------------|

D

G     D
Rough Boys

G           D
Running the streets

Cadd9         G/B
Come a little closer

Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you

A F C G D A D/A A

I wanna see what I can find

Tough kid
Take a bottle of wine
when your deal is broken
Ten quid
She's so easy to blind
Not a word is spoken
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I feel pretty blissed here
Tough boy
I wanna carry you home
You got pretty pissed dear

A  F  C  G  D

A   G    A    G


D
Gonna get inside you
D
Gonna get inside....your bitter mind

A

I wanna see what I can find
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I wanna buy your leather
Make noise
Try and talk me away
We can't be seen together
Tough kids
What can I do?
I'm so pale and weedy
Rough fits
In my hush puppy shoes
But I'm still pleadin'; bleedin',
 needin', fightin', winin', chimin'

D   Cadd9  G/B   A  Asus  A

I wanna see what I can find
Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't you walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I want to bite and kiss you

A  F   C  G/B  D  C

[these chords are ascending triads with open D bass]

| F#  Bb  E   Ab  |  Eb  G  F  Bb |
| D   D   Eb  F   |  G   A  B  C  |
| C   D   D   G   |  G   C  C  D  |

     I wanna see what I can find!
| D                         D  |


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