#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:33:40 +1000 From: Russell & Charlie Subject: a/australian_crawl/the_boys_light_up.pro Song: The Boys Light Up By: Australian Crawl Album: The Boys Light Up Transcribed by: Russell Edwards [email protected] [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] Guitar & harp [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] x 2 + Bass & drums [Bm]I wanna tell you 'bout my [G]mountain home [A]Where all the ladies [Bm]name's are Joan [Bm]Where husband works back [G]late at night [A]Hopes are up, for trousers down, with the [Bm]hostess on a business flight [Bm]Taxi in a [G]Mercedes drive [A]I hope that driver's [Bm]comin' out alive [Bm]The garden it is Dorseted, that [G]lady she's so corseted [A]She's got 15 ways to [Bm]lead that boy astray [Bm]Thinks he's one and only, but that [G]lovely she's so lonely [A]She pumps him full of breakfast, and she [Bm]sends him on his way Pre-chorus: What a [Bm]sing, song, dance What A [A]performance What a [G]cheap tent show Oh, [F#]no, no, no, no, no Chorus: Then the [Bm]boys light up ) Then the [G]boys light up ) Then the [A]boys light up ) x 2 Then the [Bm]boys light up, light up, light up ) Break [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [Bm]Silently she [G]opens the drawer [A]Mother's little helper is [Bm]comin' out for more [Bm]Strategically positioned, [G]before the midday show That [A]back is arched, those lips are parched, [Bm]repeated blow by blow And [Bm]later at the party, where [G]all the MP's rave 'Bout the [A]hummers she's been givin', and the [Bm]money that they saved To [Bm]her it is skin lotion, [G]him promotion too That [A]flat in Surfers' Paradise, [Bm]with the ocean view Pre chorus Chorus Then the boys light up x 8 Break [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] x 2 Chorus Chorus (with echo) x 1 1/2 Bass in chorus: Bm G A Bm D -----4---------------2-------4---| A -2-5---5---2-5-2---4---4-2-5---5-| E ---------3-------5---------------| Variation of this are used towards the end
